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# Director of Technology

- **Company:** Harrington Starr
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Salary:** £80,000.0 - £100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Information Engineering, DevOps, Microsoft Software, Release Management, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, System Availability, Delivery Pipeline, Snowflake, Containerization, AngularJS, Front End Software Development, Looker Analytics, Docker
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2850741516-2

## About the Role

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

## 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


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