Opportunity at
TideEngineering Manager, Core Infrastructure
Tide is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Core Infrastructure team to lead and mentor engineers while keeping technically hands-on. Tide builds financial solutions and administrative…
Career Tools
About This Role
Tide is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Core Infrastructure team to lead and mentor engineers while keeping technically hands-on. Tide builds financial solutions and administrative tools to help small and medium-sized enterprises save time and money, serving over two million members across multiple countries. In this role, you will guide a team providing a containerized cloud environment on AWS EKS, which serves as the foundation of the company's platform…
Job Description
Tide is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Core Infrastructure team to lead and mentor engineers while keeping technically hands-on. Tide builds financial solutions and administrative tools to help small and medium-sized enterprises save time and money, serving over two million members across multiple countries. In this role, you will guide a team providing a containerized cloud environment on AWS EKS, which serves as the foundation of the company's platform engineering provisions for product teams.
The ideal candidate will balance technical decisions with business goals, drive performance improvements, protect platform availability, and optimize cloud costs. You will oversee architecture roadmaps, Kubernetes clusters, and databases while empowering product engineers to deploy services efficiently. Tide operates with a flexible workplace model and offers a comprehensive range of location-specific employee benefits.
Responsibilities
- Hire, mentor, and establish clear performance targets for engineering staff
- Design and execute architectural roadmaps covering infrastructure, databases, and Kubernetes clusters
- Maintain system availability, security, and performance standards
- Streamline the deployment process for product engineers running services on the platform
- Assist product engineering teams in optimizing cloud service expenses
- Coordinate across teams and share strategic context
- Align technical strategies with broader company objectives
- Monitor productivity using metrics such as DORA and SPACE
Requirements
- More than 10 years of professional background in distributed computing
- At least 3 years of experience in engineering leadership positions
- Expertise with AWS or GCP within regulated, secure environments
- Production experience running Kubernetes utilizing GitOps methodologies
- Familiarity with leveraging AI tools like Claude and guiding others in their efficient use
- Strong verbal and written communication abilities
- Demonstrated stakeholder management across various teams and functions
Qualifications
- A university degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline
- Prior platform engineering expertise involving the abstraction of Kubernetes complexity into internal products
- Track record of authoring and maintaining Kubernetes operators
- Experience with ArgoCD for deployments
Core Skills
Benefits
- Gross annual salary ranging from €72,000 to €101,250
- 25 days of paid annual leave
- 3 paid days off designated for volunteering or learning and development
- Company-covered extended maternity and paternity leave
- Personal learning and development budget of €500 per year
- Additional health and dental insurance coverage
- Access to a mental wellbeing platform
- Fully covered Multisports card
- Food vouchers
- Office refreshments including snacks, light food, and drinks
- Work-from-home equipment allowance
- Flexible work-from-home options
- Sabbatical leave
- Share options
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers are based only on the employer’s listing; where it doesn’t say, neither do we.
What is the salary for the Engineering Manager, Core Infrastructure role?
The gross annual salary ranges from €72,000 to €101,250, with potential for further discussion based on your expertise and contributions.
What experience is required for this position?
Candidates must have more than 10 years of experience in distributed computing, at least 3 years in engineering leadership roles, a degree in Computer Science or a related field, and production experience with Kubernetes and cloud environments like AWS or GCP.
Does the posting specify the exact office location or remote policy?
The specific office location is not stated, though Tide champions a flexible workplace model supporting both in-person office collaboration and remote work.
Sample Interview Questions
AI-generated questions tailored to this specific role — a preview of the full practice set.