Director of Technology in Nottingham

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.