[Hiring] Director of Engineering @Tide

Role Description

As Director of Engineering, you own the technical direction and standards for Tide’s frontend. We are looking for a leader who is deeply engaged in the architectural health of our applications. You will be the primary advocate for a frontend stack that is performant, maintainable, and aligned with our commercial goals.

• Architectural Advocacy: Partner with our Staff Engineers to drive a pragmatic frontend strategy. You will take a hands-on approach to identifying and resolving bottlenecks in our large-scale monorepo workflows, ensuring the codebase remains sustainable.
• Technical Stewardship & Efficiency: Advocate for the technical solutions that make the most sense for Tide’s business goals. You will evaluate our current stack and workforce model to ensure we are maximising engineering leverage without sacrificing the right tool for the job.
• Product Virtualisation & Observability: Advocate for systems that provide stakeholders globally with full visibility into the product experience across all configurations.
• Delivery Excellence: Be responsible for the delivery of a modern Release Engineering model. You will ensure your teams implement a comprehensive automation strategy that prioritises high-frequency, predictable deployment cycles.
• Emerging Technology & AI: Provide thought leadership on leveraging AI and agentic solutions within the client-side experience. You will explore how AI can optimise frontend performance, automate routine interactions, and drive personalised member experiences.

Qualifications

• Seasoned Leadership: You have led significant engineering organisations and are comfortable navigating the complexities of high-scale frontend architecture.
• Skilled Collaborator: You can thoughtfully debate technical trade-offs to reach the best outcome for the business.
• Frontend Pragmatist: You have a deep understanding of frontend best practices. You aren’t tied to a specific framework or a single way of working and instead focus on the best outcome for the business. You have a track record of improving efficiency and modernising mobile release cycles, and you know how to navigate the technical and organisational trade-offs involved in those transitions.
• Systems Thinking: You naturally see the connection between technical foundations and team velocity. You focus on the system-level improvements that help every product team move faster.
• Commercial Maturity: You understand that technical strategy must serve business goals. You are comfortable making and communicating trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience with the latest iterations of Flutter and Dart with a modular architecture to build scalable applications.
• Proficiency in state management, dependency injection, and navigation tools to streamline development.
• Familiarity with code generation, backend communication efficiency, and BDD testing.
• Experience with monitoring, analytics, and CI/CD powered by Firebase, DataDog, LaunchDarkly, and GitHub Actions for seamless deployment and reliability.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary and share options.
• 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.