Engineering Manager, Core Infrastructure
ABOUT THE TEAM:
The Core Infrastructure team provides a containerised cloud environment based on EKS that is the foundation of Tide’s Platform Engineering provision to product engineering teams.
The team mission is to provide product engineers a platform so they can build great products for our members without directly provisioning cloud infrastructure.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Tide is hiring for a proven Engineering Manager to lead the team.
As the successful candidate you will:
Lead: Hire, coach, and set clear goals for a team of engineers.
Plan: Develop a roadmap for architecture, upgrades, autoscaling, and capacity for our infrastructure, databases, and Kubernetes clusters.
Protect: Make sure our platforms meet their targets for availability and security.
Empower: Reduce the time that product engineers need to deploy and run services on the platform.
Control cost: Help product engineering teams make cost-efficient choices for services that run on our platform.
Collaborate: Share team context and build cross-team relationships.
Balance priorities: Weigh technical decisions against team and company goals.
Measure: Track team productivity with metrics such as DORA and SPACE, and drive measurable improvement.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
You are an engineering leader who stays technically hands-on. You know that the biggest challenges need effective delegation and team empowerment.
You have:
10+ years of experience in distributed computing
3+ years in engineering leadership roles
A degree in Computer Science or a related field
Detailed knowledge of AWS, GCP, or both, in a regulated environment that requires security guardrails
Experience running Kubernetes in production with GitOps (ArgoCD preferred)
An understanding of how to use AI tools such as Claude, and how to help your engineers and customers use them efficiently
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience managing stakeholders across teams and functions
You will stand out if you have:
Platform engineering experience that abstracts Kubernetes complexity into a stable internal product
Experience creating and maintaining Kubernetes operators
OUR TECH STACK:
Cloud: 100% containerised on AWS EKS
Infrastructure as code: Terraform and Terragrunt manage all platform infrastructure
Deployments: ArgoCD with a GitOps approach
Custom infrastructure: Helm and Crossplane manage the databases, S3 buckets, and other resources that each container needs
Source control and CI/CD: GitHub and GitHub Actions
Observability: Coralogix
Product backend: Java, Python, and Go
Client apps: Angular and Flutter
WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:
Our location-specific employee benefits are designed to cater to the unique needs of Tideans:
The gross annual salary for this position ranges from €75,200 to €105,750 but we are also open to discussing the salary further, taking into account your expertise and contributions.
Remote first
25 days of paid annual leave
3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
Private Health Insurance
Mental Health Support Platform
FitPass
Family and friendly leave (according to statutory)
Personal L&D budget
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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.
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