Engineering Manager - Company Secretariat

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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. Tide facts: Tide is available for UK, Indian, German and French SMEs Over 2 million members across UK and India Over $300 million raised in funding Over 2,800 Tideans globally Recognised with Great Place to Work certification three years in a row, and among India’s Top 50 Best Workplaces in Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance in 2026 We have offices in Central London, with a member support and technology centre in Sofia, Bulgaria, technology centres in Serbia, Romania, Lithuania and Hyderabad and offices in Gurugram, New Delhi, Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg ABOUT 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. Tide facts: Tide is available for UK, Indian, German and French SMEs Over 2 million members: 900,000 UK and 1,100,000 in India and growing rapidly Over $300 million raised in funding Over 2,800 Tideans globally Recognised with Great Place to Work certification three years in a row, and among India’s Top 50 Best Workplaces in Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance in 2026 We have offices in Central London, with a member support and technology centre in Sofia, Bulgaria, technology centres in Serbia, Romania, Lithuania and Hyderabad and offices in Gurugram, New Delhi, Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg ABOUT THE TEAM: The Company Secretariat (CoSec) team oversees business compliance across specific jurisdictions through integration with local regulatory authorities and third-party services. The team facilitates the timely submission of official filings and corporate modifications while embedding these processes seamlessly into the member journey. By abstracting market-specific legal and operational complexities within the Tide application, the team ensures that members can rely on robust, automated compliance management. Building upon the foundational architecture established in the UK, current initiatives focus on transforming the service into a market-agnostic platform capable of dynamically adapting to diverse data sources. This entails orchestrating complex cross-domain data integrations, ensuring accurate data transformation, and propagating post-filing updates and metadata to downstream systems once external third-party processing is complete. ABOUT THE ROLE: Lead and own the end-to-end delivery of company secretariat functions, ensuring full compliance with local regulatory requirements and market-specific nuances. Architect, build, and maintain scalable distributed systems for seamless business management and compliance platforms with sustainable long-term strategy. Collaborate closely with product, compliance, and internal operations to define system architecture, execute key deliveries, and ensure all services are highly accurate, supportable, and fully compliant. Drive cross-functional engagement across domains to gain a complete understanding of their systems and optimise existing flows. Mentor and develop team members through active hands-on technical delivery and leadership. Guarantee high system stability, operational reliability, and performance by defining SLOs, improving observability tooling, and supporting effective on-call practices. Align with other engineering leaders to drive strategic cross-cutting infrastructure decisions and cross-team initiatives. Shape the team’s roadmap and vision for upcoming quarters, presenting strategic plans clearly to senior leadership. Manage team members, support their professional development, distribute workload, and ensure alignment on deliverable goals. Champion modern engineering practices by transitioning the team toward full-stack development and agentic workflows. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: Tide is seeking a hands-on, technical Engineering Manager to lead the Company Secretariat team. In this role, you will support and scale our existing UK platform while extending the service across new markets building a market-agnostic architecture that seamlessly integrates flexible data sources and ensures dependable, automated compliance filings on behalf of our members. Key qualifications and skills required for this role: Proven track record in building and operating distributed systems Strong technical background (preferrably with the JVM ecosystem) Hands-on expertise with third-party service integrations Ability to lead, mentor, and empower engineering teams Strong self-drive and capability to operate autonomously Proactive problem solver who clears blockers for themselves and teammates Agile, adaptable mindset suited for a high-velocity environment Outstanding communication and stakeholder management capabilities Demonstrated experience with AI-assisted and agentic workflows OUR TECH STACK: Our services run on AWS using