Senior Staff Software Engineer, Architecture

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 with over 1.8 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 both time (and money) so they can get back to doing what they love.

Tide is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture of our agentic platform. You will shape the shared capabilities that allow AI systems to operate safely, reliably, and at scale across Tide. You will participate in key build versus buy decisions, integrate external components where they accelerate us, and ensure we own the parts that matter most for Tide’s trust, data advantage, and long-term platform leverage.

• Drive the design of shared services such as context APIs, tool layers, policy controls, and auditability
• Partner with product, data, security, and engineering teams to turn use cases into reusable platform capabilities
• Deep experience building platform or infrastructure systems at scale
• Strong judgement across APIs, distributed systems, data, and cloud-native architecture
• Experience with AI platform components is valuable, but not essential

This role will help determine whether Tide builds isolated AI pilots or a reusable platform that compounds value across productivity, risk, and connectivity.

Technologies used include:

• Java, Spring Boot and JOOQ to build the RESTful APIs of our microservices
• Primary datastores are MySQL and PostgreSQL via RDS or Aurora (we are heavy AWS users)
• Angular 2+ with ngrx on Web, Flutter for the Mobile App
• Fivetran/Snowflake/Looker for the BI insights and Python/Faust/Flask/Tecton + some ML libs for the automated decisioning and risk management

Flexible working options, Group Life Insurance, Vitality Health Insurance, with a proactive focus on mental and physical wellbeing, 25 days holiday with the ability to buy extra days, 3 days for L&D or volunteering time off per year, Access to ‘salary sacrifice’ benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme and pension contribution, Spacious brand-new office near Old Street with an all-day snacks bar, Enhanced family-friendly leave, Sabbatical leave.

At Tide, we champion a flexible workplace model that supports both in-person and remote work to cater to the specific needs of our different teams. While remote work is supported, we believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to foster team spirit and collaboration. Our offices are designed as hubs for innovation and team-building, where we encourage regular in-person gatherings to foster a strong sense of community.

We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. At Tide, we thrive on diversity, embracing various backgrounds and experiences. We welcome all individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Our inclusive culture is key to our success, helping us build products that meet our members' diverse needs.

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