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

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
• Share Options