Head of Engineering, Developer Experience
Core
Lead the strategy, design, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and the internal platform to enable safe and rapid software delivery for Tide's engineering teams.
Role type
Head of Developer Experience (Platform Engineering)
Builds
CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, service catalogues (Backstage), and paved-road templates for Java/Spring and Python.
Domain
Fintech / Banking / Platform Engineering
Required skills
Leading Developer Experience/Platform Engineering teams, building CI/CD pipelines, operating internal developer portals (Backstage), running developer productivity functions, managing shared libraries, mentoring engineering teams, preparing platforms for agentic/AI development.
Preferred skills
Experience in financial services or regulated scale-ups, familiarity with DORA/SPACE metrics, knowledge of AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot).
Technologies
Terraform, Helm, Crossplane, Kubernetes, GitHub, AWS, GCP, Backstage, Java/Spring Boot, Python, Claude.
Responsibilities
Own the Developer Experience strategy and roadmap; lead design and improvement of CI/CD and tooling; define and track engineering productivity metrics; manage the service catalogue and paved-road templates; build and mentor the platform team; define operating models for AI-developed applications; partner with engineering leaders and security stakeholders.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities