Director of Technology
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Job description
This is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth SaaS business at a pivotal stage of its journey. Reporting directly to the Managing Director and sitting on the Senior Leadership Team, you will play a key role in shaping technology strategy, driving platform scalability, and building high-performing engineering teams while helping define the future direction of the business.
What you'll be doing:
Leading software engineering, data engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps functions
Defining and executing the technology strategy in line with business objectives
Driving the delivery of a secure, scalable, and resilient SaaS platform
Partnering with product and business leaders to prioritise technical delivery and platform evolution
Overseeing engineering standards, release management, platform reliability, and operational excellence
Supporting architecture decisions to ensure long-term scalability and performance
Building, mentoring, and developing high-performing technology teams
Managing technical risk, security, governance, and operational resilience
Contributing to company strategy, budgeting, resource planning, and organisational growth
Identifying opportunities to leverage emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation
Requirements
Proven experience leading technology teams within SaaS, fintech, payments, or other high-growth technology environments
A strong track record of delivering scalable platforms and reliable production systems
Experience managing multidisciplinary teams across engineering, infrastructure, data, and DevOps
Strong understanding of cloud architecture, engineering governance, deployment pipelines, and modern software delivery practices
Excellent leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical leadership
Strong commercial awareness and experience aligning technology outcomes with business goals
A practical, delivery-focused mindset with a passion for building high-performing teams
Technical environment:
Microsoft technology stack including C# and .NET
Azure cloud services and modern cloud-native architecture
Containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
Modern front-end technologies including React and Angular
Data and analytics platforms including Snowflake and Looker
DevOps and collaboration tooling across the software development lifecycle
Benefits & conditions
A genuine opportunity to shape the technology vision of a growing fintech business
Executive-level influence and direct exposure to business strategy and decision-making
The chance to lead and develop talented multidisciplinary teams
A flexible, remote-friendly working environment
The opportunity to work on innovative products solving complex challenges within the payments and financial technology sector
If you're a technology leader who enjoys building teams, scaling platforms, and driving innovation within a fast-growing business, I'd be keen to speak with you.