Head of Engineering, Commercial Services

Skills

About the Role

Lead the architectural direction and technical strategy for Tide's Commercial Services offerings, including scalable credit products, third-party integrations, engineering standards, and global expansion.

Requirements

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience.
• At least 3 years in senior engineering leadership roles.
• Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
• Ability to use AI tools and LLMs to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery velocity.
• Experience building scalable, resilient, fault-tolerant systems.
• Technical depth in at least one technology stack.
• Track record of delivering complex systems and third-party integrations.
• Ability to translate business goals into a technical roadmap.
• Mentoring skills and experience building high-performing engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the architectural direction for Commercial Services offerings.
• Lead the design and development of high-quality credit products.
• Collaborate with Product, Compliance, and Business stakeholders.
• Oversee integrations with third-party providers.
• Provide hands-on guidance on architecture, design, and engineering decisions.
• Champion system design, security, and software development standards.
• Mentor engineers and Engineering Managers.
• Influence the technical strategy for global Commercial Services.

Benefits

• Share options
• Generous annual leave in addition to bank holidays
• Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Paid and unpaid sabbatical options
• Private family health insurance with OPD coverage and top-up options
• Life and accident insurance
• Access to therapy sessions, courses, meditations, and workshops
• Paid volunteering and development days
• Annual learning and development budget
• Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually
• Home office setup contribution
• Laptop ownership
• Office snacks, coffee, tea, and lunch