Chief Technology Officer
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: DOE base + package + equity
Location: London / Hybrid
Consultant: Toby Day
The Opportunity
A high-growth global fintech and payments technology business, providing cloud-based solutions that connect merchants, acquirers, and fintechs to a more open, customer-centric ecosystem. With offices across Europe and North America, the company is scaling rapidly.
The Role
The Chief Technology Officer will join the Executive Leadership Team, reporting to the CEO. The CTO will own the company’s technology vision and execution, leading engineering, product delivery, platform infrastructure, and cybersecurity functions. The role requires a strategic leader with hands-on technical credibility who can scale engineering capabilities, innovate the platform, and enable commercial growth.
Key Responsibilities
* Define and lead the global technology strategy aligned to the business’s payments and fintech growth objectives.
* Oversee all aspects of product engineering, platform development, architecture, and infrastructure (cloud-first environment).
* Build, lead, and scale international engineering teams with a focus on agility, innovation, and technical excellence.
* Drive modern software development practices, DevOps, automation, and security-first principles.
* Partner with Chief Product Officer to ensure seamless product delivery and customer-centric innovation.
* Develop scalable systems capable of supporting high transaction volumes in payments and financial services.
* Maintain responsibility for cybersecurity, compliance, and resilience across platforms.
* Act as a key voice at board level, ensuring technology decisions enable long-term growth, scalability, and profitability.
Candidate Profile
* Proven CTO / VP Engineering / Technology Director experience within fintech, payments, SaaS or high-scale B2B technology businesses.
* Strong background in cloud-native architecture, APIs, data platforms, and secure payments infrastructure.
* Track record of scaling engineering functions internationally, ideally across Europe and North America.
* Deep understanding of compliance and regulatory environments in fintech/payments.
* Hands-on technical credibility, with the ability to inspire engineers and gain board-level confidence.
* Strong commercial mindset, able to link technology decisions directly to customer outcomes and growth.
* Collaborative and innovative leader who thrives in fast-growth, entrepreneurial environments.
DRC Search is the executive search Company. We specialise in retained senior and C-suite appointments across the Technology, Product, Marketing and Data verticals.
To apply for this role please contact us at:
Toby Day
0203 640 2133
toby@drc-search.com
www.drc-search.com