Director of Technology

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

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

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.

Harrington Starr has partnered with an award-winning fintech company seeking a Director of Technology to lead and scale its technology function.