Director of Technology

Tyne & Wear
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
29 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Azure C Sharp (Programming Language) Software as a Service Cyber Security Information Engineering DevOps Microsoft Software SQL Azure Software Engineering ReactJS Snowflake Containerization
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AngularJS Kubernetes Atlassian Tools Azure AKS Bitbucket Front End Software Development Looker Analytics Docker

Job description

Join a fast-growing, award-winning FinTech SaaS business that’s transforming how financial institutions manage payments, data and operational reconciliation at scale. This is an exciting opportunity to join the business at a pivotal stage in its growth journey. Having established itself as an innovative and successful fintech, the company is now transitioning from a high-growth start-up into a mature, scalable organisation. As Director of Technology, you’ll play a key role in professionalising the technology function, embedding best practices and building the foundations needed to support the next phase of growth. This is a people-first leadership role with a strong focus on developing, mentoring and inspiring high-performing teams. You’ll foster a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement, driving both individual and team performance while building a technology organisation that is equipped to scale with the business. Leading software development

Requirements

infrastructure, DevOps, data engineering, BI & analytics, QA, and information security, you’ll be responsible for delivering the technology strategy while ensuring operational excellence across the function. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you’ll work closely with the executive team to shape the company’s strategic direction, influence key business decisions and ensure technology remains a key driver of commercial growth and innovation. What We’re Looking For Proven leadership experience in a senior technology role (CTO, CIO, or similar) Must have Fintech or Payments experience Experience guiding a business through start-up to scale-up Deep experience across the full technical spectrum: development, DevOps, data, BI, QA, InfoSec Strong technical foundation with hands-on knowledge of the following: Microsoft stack: .NET/ C#, containerisation (docker, Kubernetes, AKS), Azure Cloud (Azure SQL, App Insights) Front end technologies (React, Angular and ecosystem) Snowflake, Auth0, Looker, Bitbucket, Atlassian Suite Experience leading distributed and remote teams with strong communication and collaboration skills Demonstrated success in scaling platforms and teams #J-18808-Ljbffr

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