Tidal Financial Group · 1 month ago
SVP of Software and Web Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
15+ years expTidal Financial Group is a leading ETF investment technology platform dedicated to creating, operating, and growing ETFs. The SVP of Software and Web Engineering is responsible for the end-to-end engineering function, focusing on designing, building, and operating software platforms and web experiences while ensuring high-quality delivery and compliance with financial services standards.
FinanceProfessional ServicesConsultingFinTechMarketingAsset ManagementBusiness DevelopmentFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Own the technical strategy for applications (build vs. buy, modernization, and platform evolution)
Establish architecture principles, reference patterns, and reusable components for teams to build quickly and safely
Ensure systems are designed for reliability, scalability, auditability, and security appropriate for financial services
Build an execution model that turns priorities into delivery (intake, planning, sequencing, dependency management, release management)
Provide decision-grade visibility into progress, risks, and tradeoffs to executive stakeholders
Partner with program/portfolio leadership to translate roadmap commitments into resourced plans and shipped outcomes
Recruit, retain, and develop engineering talent across software and web disciplines
Set expectations for engineering excellence: code quality, testing, documentation, on-call readiness, and production ownership
Create a culture of continuous improvement, pragmatic craftsmanship, and accountability
Own the technical direction for Tidalʼs web surfaces and application platforms, ensuring a consistent user experience, accessibility, and performance
Establish front-end engineering standards and shared components (design system integrations, reusable UI patterns, and developer tooling)
Drive modernization where needed (framework upgrades, build performance, and sustainable architecture) while protecting delivery velocity
Identify high-ROI automation opportunities across operations and engineering workflows
Ensure AI-enabled solutions are safe, auditable, and maintainable (privacy, model risk, human-in-the-loop controls where required)
Raise the organizationʼs baseline AI fluency through patterns, tooling, and enablement
Own engineering controls and practices that support SOC2/ISO-style expectations (as applicable), vendor risk posture, and internal audit needs
Partner with Security/IT to ensure secure SDLC practices, access controls, secrets management, and incident response readiness
Establish and track SLIs/SLOs for critical systems and reduce operational risk through reliability engineering
Collaborate with Operations, Product/Platform stakeholders, and executive leadership to shape priorities and outcomes
Translate complex engineering topics into clear business language: risk, cost, capacity, delivery tradeoffs, and impact
Represent engineering in senior forums (exec updates, board-level readiness, and partner discussions as needed)
Engineering roadmap, architecture, and technical standards
Delivery predictability and portfolio execution support
Team leadership: hiring, performance, and career growth
Production reliability, incident management, and operational excellence
Security-by-design and engineering governance controls
Vendor/partner technical evaluation and integration oversight
Budgeting and capacity planning for engineering investments
Qualification
Required
15+ years in software engineering, with significant experience leading teams and leaders (manager-of-managers experience preferred)
Proven track record building and operating production software and data systems with strong reliability and quality practices
Deep understanding of modern engineering practices: CI/CD, testing, observability, cloud infrastructure, and API/data integration patterns
Strong judgment around sequencing, tradeoffs, and prioritization—able to balance speed with risk management
Exceptional cross-functional communication: clear updates, decision framing, and executive-level storytelling
High standards for security, data governance, and operational rigor appropriate for financial services
Preferred
manager-of-managers experience preferred
Company
Tidal Financial Group
Tidal Financial Group (Tidal) is a leading ETF investment and technology platform facilitating the creation, operation and growth of ETFs.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Tidal Financial Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
50%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Accounting and Finance
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$32MKey Investors
Insignia Capital GroupFTV Capital
2025-09-03Private Equity
2022-10-06Private Equity· $32M
2019-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Eric Falkeis
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
Guillermo Trias
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder at Tidal Financial Group
Recent News
2026-06-28
2026-06-24
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