About Tyk
What is Tyk?
Tyk is an API management software company. Its job adverts describe the product this way: "The Tyk API Management platform is helping to drive the connected world and power new products and services." The homepage describes "The API and AI gateway built so you can go your own way", one unified control plane for REST, GraphQL, gRPC, MCP and A2A traffic, and it carries customer testimonials from ZEISS, TAB Bank and RBFCU. The adverts say Tyk was "Founded in 2015 with offices in London – UK, London – Ontario, Atlanta and Singapore", and the Companies House register shows Tyk Technologies Limited incorporated on 11 August 2015. The about page names Martin Buhr as Co-founder & CEO, James Hirst as Co-founder & COO and Andrew Murray as Co-founder & CCO. The adverts name customers: "Brands using Tyk range from Lotte, Bell, T Mobile, to RBS, Capital One and Vinci."
Where will I work?
Tyk is remote by default. Its adverts say "We offer unlimited paid holidays and remote working from anywhere in the world , for everyone.", and the Working at Tyk page lists "Fully remote" with the line "We trust you to get the job done, wherever that happens to be." On 12 November 2026 the vacancies page listed nine roles, and every vacancy page is tagged Remote together with a region or country list: Portugal, EMEA (three roles), Americas, APAC, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico (two roles), and Europe (a freelance design cover). The regions on the adverts are therefore narrower than the sentence about working from anywhere in the world. The registered office is in London, and the about page lists offices in London, Atlanta, London (Canada) and Singapore; none of the nine adverts asks for office attendance. The Developer Relations Advocate advert asks for travel, "with regular travel across Western Europe built into the role." The about page calls Tyk "Remote-first by design".
What is the Tyk team like?
The nine adverts cover five functions: Engineering (three Site Reliability Engineer adverts, for Portugal, APAC and AMER, which lists Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico), Customer Operations (two Senior Customer Success Engineer adverts, for EMEA and AMER, the same six countries), Product (a Junior Agile Delivery Coordinator), Marketing (a Developer Relations Advocate and a freelance Visual Designer cover) and Commercial (an Enterprise Account Executive). The adverts describe a team built on autonomy: "Tyk was founded on the principle of offering flexibility and autonomy to our employees", and they list shared values: "we value authenticity, respect, responsibility, independence, honesty, diversity and inclusion". An employee quoted on the Working at Tyk page says "The company structure is flat for this purpose – anyone can talk to anyone about anything." The vacancies page lays out four interview stages: a people team interview, a role-specific interview, a task or presentation for some roles, and a culture interview with someone from a different area, and it says "Our people team is committed to respond to EVERY application." The same page says "Tyk is certified as a truly flexible company and committed to being a great place to work", and the Working at Tyk page says it is recognized as a Great Place to Work and a Flexa-certified employer. Those are the company's own statements, and they were not checked against the awarding bodies.
Work-Life Balance
Flexibility over working hours is stated on the company's own page and in the adverts. The Working at Tyk page says "That’s why we offer fully remote working with flexible hours, so you can fit your ‘work life’ and your ‘life life’ together seamlessly.", and lists "Flexible hours" with the line "We trust you to deliver great work on your own schedule." Eight of the nine adverts, across five functions, say "We have total flexibility in hours, as we believe creativity flows better when our people are given freedom to decide when they are most productive." The ninth advert, the freelance design cover, says "Total flexibility in your hours". The same eight adverts and the Working at Tyk page also offer unlimited paid holidays, "For everyone, for real!" on the page and "Everyone has unlimited paid holiday." in seven of the adverts, though no number of days is stated. A Tyk blog post on remote working and flexibility (dated 28 June 2022) quotes its Co-Founder and COO, James, saying "we prioritise flexibility, giving everyone total control over when and where they work, backed by unlimited paid leave." No page or advert gives core hours, an overlap window or a weekly hours figure. Five of the nine adverts do add on-call duty. The three Site Reliability Engineer adverts say one week in three at first (one in four as the team grows), Monday-Friday, on a 12-hour shift, with rota windows of 12 PM-12 AM UTC for the Portugal advert, 02:00-14:00 UTC for APAC and 14:00-02:00 UTC for AMER, and the two Senior Customer Success Engineer adverts ask for "willingness to join rotational on-call shifts, including weekends". While on call, those roles work to a rota of shifts.
Perks and Benefits
- Flexible hours: "We trust you to deliver great work on your own schedule."
- Unlimited paid holidays for everyone
- Fully remote working
- Employee share scheme
- Generous parental leave (the adverts say "Generous maternity and paternity leave")
- Company retreats
- Two fully paid volunteer days per year
- A 3 month sabbatical after 5 years, fully paid
- Employee wellbeing support: digital tools and an annual Wellbeing Week