Head of Card Engineering – AI‑Driven Global Platform

Tide; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Health insurance

Generous paid leave

WOO – Work from abroad

Learning & Development budget

Home office setup

Job summary

Tide is transforming SME banking with a global footprint and diverse engineering hubs. You will head the Cards engineering group, shaping the platform and operating across the UK, EU and India to deliver reliable, scalable card solutions.

You will drive innovative initiatives, partner with Product and Commercial teams, and mentor engineering leaders to build high-performing teams while maintaining a strong focus on cost efficiency and partner relationships.

Qualifications

• In-depth experience leading large engineering teams and managers.
• Strong background in cards, payments or banking with card issuing/processing knowledge.
• Proven ability to deliver reliable, scalable distributed systems.
• Experience partnering with Product, Commercial and Finance on outcomes.
• Experience managing external technology partners and strategic alliances.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical strategy and architecture for the Cards domain.
• Lead engineering managers and senior engineers across distributed teams.
• Drive reliability, scalability and cost efficiency in card issuing/processing.
• Embed AI-assisted practices across the software lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Commercial to prioritise the roadmap.
• Own relationships with card processors and schemes and ensure integrations.
• Develop engineering talent and elevate senior IC capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Cards/Payments

Distributed teams

AI in software dev

Stakeholder management

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

GitHub CI/CD

Kubernetes

Job description

Tide is transforming SME banking with a global footprint and diverse engineering hubs. You will head the Cards engineering group, shaping the platform and operating across the UK, EU and India to deliver reliable, scalable card solutions.

You will drive innovative initiatives, partner with Product and Commercial teams, and mentor engineering leaders to build high-performing teams while maintaining a strong focus on cost efficiency and partner relationships.