Director of Engineering
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Overview
Maze has been retained by a global Series C FinTech scale-up to hire two Directors of Engineering.
This fast-growing European business is redefining how SMEs and entrepreneurs manage banking, payments, and invoicing. With significant funding secured in mid-2025, they are building out world-class engineering leadership to drive their next phase of growth.
Location: Remote across Spain, Netherlands, Cyprus, Poland (must have right to work). We can also consider candidates based in the UK & Germany via EOR.
Responsibilities
As a Director of Engineering, you will:
- Own and lead a core business domain (Cards or AR/AP)
- Manage and grow multi-disciplinary teams (Backend, Frontend, QA, Mobile)
- Report directly to the CTO, shaping technical strategy & architecture
- Drive engineering culture, collaboration, and product-first thinking
- Stay close to the code when needed — setting standards and guiding decisions
- Proven leadership track record, scaling engineering teams in high-growth organisations
- Strong product and business mindset, able to align tech with commercial outcomes
- Hands-on technical leadership (ideally .NET/C# background, but not coding daily)
- AI awareness and how it can be applied in modern engineering practices
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving scale-up environment
Qualifications
Nice to have:
- Previous FinTech or Payments experience
- Experience working in international and diverse teams
- Extremely competitive salary
- Generous stock options (ESOP) with strong current value
Benefits
- Backed by leading investors with recent Series C funding
- A proven founding team with successful prior exits
- Platform recognised as one of the strongest in Europe by independent evaluation
- Huge growth potential — from 150 engineers today to many more in the next 18 months
- Chance to have a real business impact while shaping the future of SME banking in Europe
Interested? Apply now or reach out directly to the Maze team for a confidential conversation.
Seniority level
- Director
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Finance
Industries
- Financial Services and Technology, Information and Media
- Location:
- United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £125,000 - £150,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Engineering