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Chief Engineer - FinTech SaaS

Taxback International

Chief Engineer - FinTech SaaS

About the Role

As the Chief Engineer at Taxback International, you will lead the Engineering Operation, playing a critical role in the overall success of the company’s technology roadmap and product delivery. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will drive the execution of new features, oversee platform improvements, and ensure the stability and quality of our SaaS platform. You will be forward-thinking in bringing new development methods and approaches where appropriate. The successful candidate will balance the need for high-quality software releases with the speed and agility required to meet evolving business goals.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

  • Define and implement a clear, comprehensive vision for the engineering team, ensuring alignment with the company’s product roadmap and overall business objectives.
  • Oversee all aspects of software engineering, including development methodology, project planning, architectural fit, scope management, risk and issue management, status reporting, and delivery of the technical developments to meet the agreed Roadmap.
  • Lead the strategic allocation of departmental resources to ensure optimal development and release of software, with an emphasis on scalability, quality, and efficiency.

Team Leadership & Development

  • Lead and inspire a cross-functional engineering team to execute on business objectives and foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
  • Oversee the hiring, staffing, and mentoring of team members, ensuring a best-in-class engineering department.
  • Drive continuous improvement in processes, tools, and engineering practices to enhance team performance and product quality.

Technology Strategy & Innovation

  • Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies and industry best practices to ensure the company remains competitive and innovative.
  • Evaluate, adopt, and integrate relevant technologies to drive improvements across the engineering teams and the SaaS platform.

Program & Project Management

  • Manage a portfolio of development projects, ensuring timely delivery against business requirements and technical roadmaps.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product and Quality Assurance (QA), to prioritize and execute against the program backlog.
  • Ensure alignment with Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps methodologies to deliver efficient and secure software solutions.

Development & Support

  • Lead the engineering team in the development of automation solutions, continuous systems analysis, and software development efforts.
  • Foster collaboration between engineering, product, and QA teams to deliver high-quality features, ensuring platform stability and performance.
  • Utilize a deep understanding of the company’s business landscape to proactively address service delivery issues and identify opportunities for improvement.

Required Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent work experience is also acceptable.
  • Minimum of 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years in a leadership or management role.
  • Strong experience in both frontend and backend development, with a focus on full-stack architecture technologies (e.g., C#, PHP, Angular).
  • Proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining scalable web applications, ideally on AWS.
  • Experience working with multi-tenant SaaS platforms and microservices architecture.
  • Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker and messaging frameworks like SQS or Kafka.
  • Strong understanding of API development (REST or similar), integration tools and methodologies plus systems analysis aligned with DevOps, DevSecOps, and Agile methodologies.
  • Ideally experience in SaaS and/or Fintech.

Personal Attributes

  • Excellent leadership skills with the ability to align diverse teams around a common vision.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive technical innovation while balancing business requirements within budgets and to deadlines.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality software solutions in a dynamic environment.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Competitive pension
  • Flexible Working Policy with a combination of remote and office working and a flexible approach to working hours
  • Competitive annual leave and a number of other leaves including IVF, compassion, marriage, maternity, and paternity leave
  • Employee-led CSR Programme, CluneTech Cares, with one paid Volunteer Day per year
  • Death in Service Benefit
  • Milestone Recognition Programme
  • Professional & Personal Development
  • Rewards & Recognition
  • Employee Wellbeing Programme, CluneTech Life

Join Taxback International and be part of a community of like-minded individuals committed to excellence in everything we do. We create an innovative, collaborative, and supportive workplace that allows our brilliant people to unleash their potential.

Benefits
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  • Paid paternity leave
  • Competitive pension
  • Flexible Working Policy
  • Competitive annual leave
  • IVF leave
  • Compassion leave
  • Marriage leave
  • Maternity leave
  • Employee-led CSR Programme
  • Death in Service Benefit
  • Milestone Recognition Programme
  • Professional & Personal Development
  • Rewards & Recognition
  • Employee Wellbeing Programme

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