Engineering Manager, Member Accession Marketing

Careers at Tide; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tide is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the onboarding platform across the UK, India, Germany and France, driving technical direction and reliable account setup. You’ll lead a team of engineers, partner with Product and business stakeholders, and champion secure, scalable solutions that support international expansion.

You’ll mentor engineers, foster a culture of ownership and operational excellence, implement CI/CD, cloud-native architectures, and collaborate with KYX, IAM, MEM, Finance,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of server-side application development with Java.
• Proficient in Spring/Spring Boot framework.
• Experience building microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Cloud-native architecture experience.
• Secure, well-tested, and well-documented code with ownership.
• Experience with third-party integrations.
• Relational databases experience.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and LLMs to boost productivity.
• Proficient in Agile practices.
• Able to communicate complex tech to non-technical audiences.
• CI/CD practices applied daily.
• Hands-on technical leader with day-to-day involvement.
• Experience leading and managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery of onboarding platform for global markets.
• Set technical direction and ensure scalable, compliant systems.
• Grow and develop the engineering team; establish standards.
• Collaborate with Product, KYX, IAM, MEM, Finance, Marketing, Compliance.
• Ensure secure, frictionless, and localized onboarding experiences.
• Drive rapid market entry while maintaining reliability and security.

Skills

Leadership experience

People management

Agile methodology

Communication skills

Technical hands-on

Security minded software

CI/CD

Team mentoring

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

JOOQ

RESTful APIs

Microservices

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Terraform

ArgoCD

Kubernetes (EKS)

DataDog

SNS/SQS

Kafka

Job description

ABOUT 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 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 Engineering Manager with strong technical and people‑leadership skills, comfortable operating at scale and driving growth through robust, secure user acquisition and onboarding platforms.
• You’ll lead the engineering delivery of our onboarding platform across major global markets—including the UK, India, Germany (DE), and France (FR)—owning the technical direction and execution of systems that power friction‑free member sign‑ups, verification, and initial account setup.
• You’ll focus on building scalable, compliant, and extensible capabilities that accelerate international expansion while seamlessly adapting to evolving regulatory and market needs.
• You’ll manage and develop a team of engineers, setting clear technical standards and fostering a culture of technical rigor, ownership, and continuous operational improvement. Partnering closely with Product and business stakeholders, you’ll translate global accession strategy into reliable platform solutions, balancing rapid market entry with security, efficiency, and system reliability.
• You’ll be part of the Member Accession Marketing (MAM) engineering group, collaborating closely with KYX, IAM, MEM, Finance, Marketing, and Compliance teams. Together, you’ll deliver a secure, frictionless, and fully localized onboarding experience that establishes trust and sets the foundation for long‑term member value.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Extensive experience (10+ years) building server‑side applications and detailed knowledge of Java.
• Sound knowledge of a backend framework (e.g. Spring/Spring Boot)
• Experience with running microservices and implementing and consuming RESTful APIs
• Experience engineering scalable and reliable solutions in a cloud‑native environment
• A mindset of delivering secure, well‑tested and well‑documented software
• Full ownership of your code and technical solutions across their entire lifecycle, from development to production.
• Experience integrating with various third party providers and partners
• Sound knowledge and experience working with relational databases.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools and LLMs to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery velocity.
• Work effectively in an agile environment, using its practices to deliver value consistently and adapt quickly.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Apply continuous integration, delivery, and deployment practices in day-to-day development to deliver software reliably to production.
• A technical hands on leader who is in the details of what the team is working on day to day.
• Experience leading teams
• Experience directly managing people.

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