Engineering Manager, Financial Services

Tide; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Time Off

Parental Leave

Sabbatical

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Mental Wellbeing

Volunteering Days

Learning & Development

Work Abroad

Home Office Setup

Laptop Ownership

Snacks & Coffee

Job summary

Tide is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team across Backend, Mobile and Web, owning the global In‑Person Acquiring products and platform evolution. You will drive architecture, vendor integrations, and scaling of payment networks in a high-impact fintech domain.

You will partner with Product Management to deliver reliable, scalable systems, while transforming the platform with cloud-native architectures and end-to-end ownership of critical engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams (Backend, Mobile, Web).
• Strong architecture and scale experience in cloud-native environments.
• Domain expertise in FinTech, especially acquiring and in-person payments is a plus.
• Ability to translate product strategy into reliable platform solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional engineering teams at Tide.
• Own technical direction and end-to-end execution for In‑Person Acquiring products.
• Oversee architecture and third-party vendor integrations.
• Drive platform transformation and scaling of payment networks.

Skills

Full Stack Leadership

T‑Shaped Leadership

Domain Expertise

Architecture & Scale

Partner Integrations

End-to-End Ownership

Strategic Execution

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

JOOQ

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

EKS

Angular

Flutter

Swift

Kotlin

Kafka

REST APIs

Job description

A BOUT TIDE

At Tide, we help SMEs save time and money in the running of their businesses by not only offering business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of highly usable and connected administrative solutions, from invoicing to accounting. Tide is transforming the small business banking market and now supports over 2 million members globally across the UK, India, Germany and France. Using advanced technology, all solutions are designed with SMEs in mind. With quick onboarding, low fees and innovative features, we thrive on making data driven decisions to serve our mission: to help SMEs save time and money so they can get back to doing what they love. Tide facts: Tide is available for UK, Indian, German and French SMEs Over 2 million members across UK and India Over $300 million raised in funding Over 2,800 Tideans globally Recognised with Great Place to Work certification three years in a row, and among India’s Top 50 Best Workplaces in Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance in 2026

We have offices in Central London, with a member support and technology centre in Sofia, Bulgaria, technology centres in Serbia, Romania, Lithuania and Hyderabad and offices in Gurugram, New Delhi, Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Engineering Manager at Tide, you’re an experienced Full Stack Engineering Leader with strong people‑management skills, comfortable operating at scale and driving impact through well‑designed platforms. In this critical role, you will lead a cross‑functional engineering team (comprising Backend, Mobile, and Web engineers) and partner closely with Product Management to own and lead our global In‑Person Acquiring products. In‑Person payments currently account for a significant majority (65%+) of our Acquiring revenue in key markets, making this a highly visible, high‑impact domain. You will own the technical direction and end‑to‑end execution of systems that power our in‑house ePOS solutions, Tap to Pay technologies, cross‑platform mobile apps, and complex pricing engines. You will oversee the maintenance of highly reliable live products while leading the architectural strategy for critical third‑party vendor integrations and hardware partnerships. Additionally, you will drive major platform transformation initiatives and lead the engineering scaling of localized payment networks (such as QR/UPI) across international markets, alongside rollout toolkits for our European expansion.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Full Stack Leadership: Proven track record directly managing, coaching, and developing cross‑functional teams of Backend, Mobile, and Web engineers.
• Technical Depth & T‑Shaped Leadership: A platform‑ and tech stack‑agnostic engineering leader who is an expert in at least one core domain/platform (e.g., backend or mobile), with the proven ability to translate those core software engineering principles to guide, mentor, and architect solutions across other platforms in a T‑shaped leadership model. Extensive experience building robust applications, server‑side engineering, mobile app deployment architecture, and scalable system design.
• Domain Expertise: Experience in FinTech, specifically within Acquiring, In‑Person Payments, ePOS systems, or payment gateway integrations is highly desirable.
• Architecture & Scale: Experience engineering scalable, reliable solutions in a cloud‑native environment, managing microservices, and implementing RESTful APIs and event‑driven systems.
• Partner Integrations: Proven experience designing systems that seamlessly integrate with complex third‑party vendors, hardware providers, and external payment networks.
• End‑to‑End Ownership: Full ownership of technical solutions across their entire lifecycle, championing engineering best practices from development and testing to production deployment and monitoring.
• Strategic Execution: A technical, hands‑on leader who can guide architecture decisions, translate complex product strategy into reliable platform solutions, and communicate technical concepts seamlessly to stakeholders.

OUR TECH STACK

Java, Spring Boot and JOOQ to build the RESTful APIs of our microservices (but we welcome people who are used to any strongly typed general purpose programming language!) Event‑driven architecture with messages over SNS+SQS and Kafka to make them reliable Primary datastores are PostgreSQL via RDS or Aurora (we are heavy AWS users) Docker, Terraform, ArgoCD and, EKS provided by the Cloud team to run the platform DataDog for monitoring, observability and automated SLOs GitHub, Semgrep and solid testing to power the CI/CD pipelines - new joiners are encouraged to have something deployed to production in their first week Angular on Web, Flutter for our mobile app, but from time to time we use Swift and Kotlin Fivetran/BigQuery/Looker for the BI insights and Python/FastAPI/Faust + some ML libs for the automated decisioning and risk management

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:

• Competitive Compensation - competitive salary and share options
• Time Off – Generous annual leave on top of bank holidays.
• Parental Leave – Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support your family journey.
• Sabbatical – Extended unpaid and paid leave options after completing milestone years with Tide.
• Health Insurance – Private family insurance with additional OPD coverage and top‑up options.
• Life & Accident Cover – Comprehensive accidental and life insurance protection.
• Mental Wellbeing – Access to therapy sessions, courses, meditations, and workshops.
• Volunteering & Development Days – Paid days annually for volunteering or personal growth.
• Learning & Development – Annual budget for books, courses, coaching, and more.
• WOO (Work Outside the Office) – Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually.
• Home Office Setup – Contribution towards setting up your home office
• Laptop Ownership – Keep your old laptop and get a new one when it’s time for a replacement.
• Snacks & Meals – Office perks with snacks, coffee, t