Staff Backend Engineer (AI)

📋 Description

• • Join Tide Platform Limited as a Staff Backend Engineer (AI) and be at the vanguard of the financial services revolution, contributing to cutting-edge projects that redefine the future of the industry.
• • You will be instrumental in building high-quality, scalable products that deliver tangible real-world impact, working within a dynamic and passionate team.
• • This role is pivotal in bridging robust backend systems with the transformative power of Generative AI, requiring you to architect the foundational frameworks, standards, and platforms that enable AI capabilities to scale securely, reliably, and efficiently across the entire enterprise.
• • Your influence will extend beyond mere feature delivery, shaping the long-term technical direction and strategy for AI integration within Tide.
• • *Technical Leadership & Strategy:**
• • As a System Architect, you will leverage your proven track record in designing, building, and operating enterprise-scale distributed systems. Your approach will be characterized by a deep consideration for long-term scalability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
• • You will demonstrate strategic execution by adeptly managing multiple high-priority initiatives, striking a critical balance between building robust solutions and delivering them with speed and agility. Your ability to translate ambiguous business objectives into concrete, actionable technical roadmaps will be essential.
• • You will serve as a key technical partner to product, design, and non-engineering stakeholders, ensuring that our AI initiatives are strategically aligned and drive genuine, measurable business value.
• • *Generative AI & Machine Learning Excellence:**
• • You will be responsible for deploying and optimizing production-grade Generative AI systems, with a specific focus on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and sophisticated Agentic workflows, such as those built with LangGraph.
• • A critical aspect of your role will involve the evaluation, monitoring, and optimization of AI outputs. You will possess a strong understanding of methods to quantify and track the quality of AI-generated content, utilizing tools like RAGAS, and will be adept at optimizing for latency and cost-effectiveness.
• • You will oversee the entire AI/ML lifecycle, from the meticulous curation of data and the efficient indexing of vector databases to the continuous monitoring of models and the robust implementation of guardrails to ensure safety and reliability.
• • *Backend Engineering Mastery:**
• • As a seasoned Python developer, you will bring a deep understanding of the Python ecosystem, including asynchronous programming paradigms and advanced performance tuning techniques.
• • You will be proficient in cloud-native environments such as AWS and GCP, utilizing tools like Docker and Kubernetes, and leveraging GitHub Actions to establish seamless and efficient CI/CD pipelines.
• • Your expertise in data architecture will be crucial, encompassing a solid foundation in both relational databases and modern data warehouses like BigQuery, with a particular emphasis on their integration with AI/ML workloads.
• • *Mindset & Mentorship:**
• • You will act as a force multiplier within the engineering team, actively mentoring senior and mid-level engineers, conducting high-impact code reviews, and consistently elevating the standard of engineering excellence across the team.
• • You will embody the spirit of a pragmatic innovator, demonstrating a passion for the latest AI trends while remaining grounded in the practical application of the most effective, and sometimes simplest, tools to solve real-world business problems.
• • This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of AI-driven financial services, working in a fast-paced, innovative environment with a global reach. You will be empowered to make significant technical decisions and drive impactful change.