Remote opportunity at
TideEngineering Manager, Core Infrastructure
Tide is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead its Core Infrastructure team, delivering a containerized cloud environment on Amazon Web Services using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.…
Career Tools
About This Role
Tide is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead its Core Infrastructure team, delivering a containerized cloud environment on Amazon Web Services using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service. Tide provides business accounts, banking services, and administrative solutions to over two million small and medium-sized enterprise members worldwide. In this role, you will guide and mentor a team of engineers, build capacity and upgrade roadmaps, maintain security and availability targets, and help product…
Job Description
Tide is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead its Core Infrastructure team, delivering a containerized cloud environment on Amazon Web Services using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service. Tide provides business accounts, banking services, and administrative solutions to over two million small and medium-sized enterprise members worldwide. In this role, you will guide and mentor a team of engineers, build capacity and upgrade roadmaps, maintain security and availability targets, and help product teams manage their cloud expenditures efficiently. This role suits an engineering leader who maintains technical expertise while successfully empowering teams and delegating responsibilities. You will utilize metrics such as SPACE and DORA to measure productivity and drive ongoing enhancements across the platform.
Responsibilities
- Manage, mentor, and establish goals for a team of engineers
- Build architectural, capacity, autoscaling, and upgrade roadmaps for Kubernetes clusters, databases, and infrastructure
- Ensure platforms meet availability and security objectives
- Minimize the time required for product engineers to run and deploy services
- Assist product engineering teams in making cost-effective choices for platform services
- Build cross-functional relationships and share context across teams
- Balance technical choices against broader company and team goals
- Track productivity using metrics like DORA and SPACE to drive improvements
Requirements
- More than 10 years of experience in distributed computing
- At least 3 years of experience in engineering leadership roles
- Detailed knowledge of AWS or GCP within a regulated environment needing security guardrails
- Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments using GitOps, preferably ArgoCD
- Familiarity with utilizing artificial intelligence tools like Claude and guiding team members and customers in their efficient use
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in cross-functional stakeholder management
Qualifications
- A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Platform engineering background that transforms Kubernetes complexity into a stable internal product
- Experience in writing and maintaining Kubernetes operators
Core Skills
Benefits
- Gross annual salary between €75,200 and €105,750
- Remote-first work model
- 25 days of paid annual leave
- 3 paid days off designated for volunteering or learning and development activities
- Private health insurance
- Mental health support platform access
- FitPass
- Family and friendly leave according to statutory guidelines
- Personal learning and development budget
- 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 range for the Engineering Manager position?
The gross annual salary for this position ranges from €75,200 to €105,750, with potential for further discussion based on your expertise and contributions.
Is this position remote?
Yes, the posting specifies a remote-first arrangement within a flexible workplace model.
What education is required for this role?
Applicants are required to hold a degree in Computer Science or a related field.
What technical stack does the Core Infrastructure team use?
The team uses AWS EKS for containerization, Terraform and Terragrunt for infrastructure as code, ArgoCD for GitOps deployments, Helm and Crossplane for custom resources, GitHub and GitHub Actions for CI/CD, and Coralogix for observability.
Sample Interview Questions
AI-generated questions tailored to this specific role — a preview of the full practice set.