Python Backend Engineer (Data & AI)

 Python Backend Engineer
(Data & AI)

Location: -Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine 

About Tide

At Tide, we are building a finance & admin 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 the leading business financial platform in the UK with 575,000 SME members (10% market share) and more than 250,000 SMEs in India. Headquartered in London, Tide has over 1,600 Tideans across the UK, Bulgaria, India, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine and Germany. 

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.   

About the team 

The ML Engineering team is on a mission to productionise already trained ML models. This enables Tide to offer our members actionable insights and intelligent functionalities. It also helps in automating mission critical internal workloads. 

As a Python Backend Engineer (Data & AI)

• Working closely with product owners, other backend (Java & Python) engineers, data scientist and other business members to translate requirements into well-engineered solutions
• Architect, design, test, implement, deploy, monitor and maintain end-to-end backend services. You build it, you own it mentality.
• Integrate already trained ML models in some of the services you develop.
• Work with people from other teams and departments on a day to day basis to ensure efficient project execution with a focus on delivering value to our members.
• Regularly aligning your team’s vision and roadmap with the target architecture within your domain and to ensure the success of complex multi domain initiatives

What we are looking for

• Proven work experience as a Backend Python Engineer (Senior/Lead)
• Understanding of software engineering fundamentals (OOP, SOLID, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with frameworks such as Django, FastAPI or Flask
• Extensive experience integrating with or creating REST APIs
• Experience with creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines - we use GitHub Actions.
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Experience with AWS
• (Great to have) Experience with Databricks, ML feature store solutions, Kafka (or other message brokers)

Our Tech Stack 

• Python, Flask, Faust
• AWS, Docker, GitHub
• Airflow, Snowflake
• PostgreSQL
• Databricks
• k8s

What you’ll get in return:

• 25 days annual leave 
• Sabbatical Leave
• Share options

Tidean Ways of Working 

Make work, work for you! Tide embraces and supports flexible working arrangements. We are a remote-first business that enables its employees to work remotely from anywhere in their home country. Additionally, Our Working Outside the Office (WOO) policy allows you to work from anywhere in the world, up to 90 days per year per country.

We are remote-first, but when you do want to meet new people, collaborate with your team or simply hang out with your colleagues, our offices are always available and equipped to the highest standard. We offer flexible working hours and trust our employees to do their work well, at times that suit them and their team.

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 status or disability 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.

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