Director of Technology

Director of Technology | FinTech SaaS

Remote (1 day onsite per quarter)

Salary Range | £80,000 - £100,000

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

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

What we're looking for:

• 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

What you will gain:

• 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.