Our client is a PE-backed technology firm that focuses on building cutting-edge communications platforms for a wide range of industries. This is a fairly new organisation being born from a recent merger and is now looking for a forward-thinking Director of Technology to help guide them through their next growth stage.

This role will be responsible for managing a team of 15+ and taking the lead on their technology strategy, building and growing their tech function and establishing a high-performing agile culture.

Responsibilities -

• Develop and implement a comprehensive technology strategy that aligns with the company's commercial goals.
• Define and maintain a robust and scalable technology architecture to support current and future needs, including cloud infrastructure, applications, and data management.
• Lead the migration of existing hosted solutions to AWS cloud platform.
• Oversee the management and optimisation of cloud infrastructure, ensuring security, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Migrate from an arms-length outsource model to an in-house team (either onshore or offshore)
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing technology team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements -

• BSc in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, with a proven track record of success.
• Deep understanding of technology architecture, cloud computing, and DevOps principles.
• Ideally some experience in developing Java applications and application frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, struts
• Extensive experience working with AWS cloud platform, including services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.
• Experience with Database and data architecture primarily MySql but also Postgres, MongoDB, MariaDB and similar.
• Experience with Kubernetes and associated technologies (e.g., Docker, Helm, Istio).
• Proven experience working with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and delivering projects in an Agile environment.

In return this role will offer a salary up to £125,000 plus bonus, pension and LTIP scheme. They have a London-based office but this role will be remote (applicants will need to be based in the UK) with occasional office visits for team meets.