A BOUT 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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Be at the forefront of the AI revolution, working on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of financial services. You’ll join a passionate team focused on building high-quality, scalable products with real-world impact. We’re looking for a Staff-level Backend Engineer (AI) to bridge robust backend systems with Generative AI.

You’ll design the frameworks, standards, and platforms that allow AI capabilities to scale securely, reliably, and efficiently across the enterprise, going beyond feature delivery to influence long-term technical direction.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

: Strong backend or platform engineering experience in production environments. Good judgement across APIs, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and service design. Experience integrating internal and third-party platforms.

Comfort working in ambiguity and turning emerging needs into robust platform components. Strong focus on quality, reliability, and developer usability. Experience with AI infrastructure or orchestration is helpful, but not essential.

) where safety and compliance are core to the product is valuable, but not essential.

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