Senior Platform Security Engineer

ABOUT TIDE

At Tide, we are building a finance platform designed to save small businesses time and money. We provide our members with business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.

Launched in 2017, Tide is now used by over 1 million small businesses across the world and is available to UK, Indian and German SMEs. Headquartered in central London, with offices in Sofia, Hyderabad, Delhi, Berlin and Belgrade, Tide employs over 2000 employees.  

Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new markets and always looking for passionate and driven people. Join us in our mission to empower small businesses and help them save time and money.  

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The Platform Security team at Tide plays a crucial role in safeguarding our cloud environments and protecting our Members, partners, employees, and intellectual property. As a Platform Security Engineer within this team, you'll work closely with the Platform Team, Risk Team, and the broader Tide Engineering teams. Your role will involve enhancing the visibility of our cloud resources and ensuring the secure configuration of our infrastructure. At Tide, you’ll find your work particularly fulfilling due to our company culture and the exceptional people you’ll collaborate with.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a senior platform security engineer you will

• Designing next generation cloud infrastructure to ensure it is kept up do date without reliance manual processes like patching
• Defining and embedding security best practice and standards into our cloud engineering teams
• Building guardrails and defining policy around IAM to ensure least privilege is enacted
• Identifying ways to make sure new security misconfigurations are not created via IaC
• Hardening our existing cloud infrastructure
• Reviewing cloud integrations between Tide and any third parties and be a point of contact for any cloud security incidents

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• You have good infrastructure security experience and passionate about tackling risks from misconfigurations
• You have deep expertise in at least one public cloud, preferably AWS or GCP.
• You are familiar with docker and containerised applications. 
• You have a good understanding of Kubernetes and how to secure workloads running in a Kubernetes cluster.
• You are familiar with the cloud-native approach to implementing workloads in a Kubernetes cluster.
• You are comfortable with writing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or any other CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab Actions, CircleCI etc. 
• You are able to review and write Terraform and are able to propose improvements to external providers
• You write reliable software in Python or Go
• You have operations experience in running and maintaining software, operating a large cloud deployment, or creating and triaging alerts around the health and security of your systems
• You work well with other people, see the value of a team, and partner effectively with all stakeholders
• You thrive by identifying high leverage work and doing it without explicit direction
• You aim to always be learning new things and share this passion with those around you

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:

• Competitive salary
• Self & Family Health Insurance
• Term & Life Insurance
• OPD Benefits
• Mental wellbeing through Plumm
• Learning & Development Budget
• WFH Setup allowance
• 15 days of Privilege leaves
• 12 days of Casual leaves
• 12 days of Sick leaves
• 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
• Stock Options

TIDEAN WAYS OF WORKING:

At Tide, we champion a flexible workplace model that supports both in-person and remote work to cater to the specific needs of our different teams. 
While remote work is supported, we believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to foster team spirit and collaboration. Our offices are designed     as hubs for innovation and team-building, where we encourage regular in-person gatherings to foster a strong sense of community. 

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TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE

At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members’ diverse needs and lives. 

We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.

At Tide, we thrive on diversity, embracing various backgrounds and experiences. We welcome all individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Our inclusive culture is key to our success, helping us build products that meet our members' diverse needs. We are One Team, committed to transparency and ensuring everyone’s voice is heard.

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