Technical Director

Role overview Provide technical and strategic leadership across multiple digital delivery projects, shaping solutions that meet client goals and supporting successful execution from discovery through delivery. You will advise senior stakeholders, guide multidisciplinary teams, and balance technical quality with project health and commercial considerations. This is a permanent, full-time remote opportunity for candidates based in Ireland.

Responsibilities - Set technical direction and guide architecture, development practices, and important design and delivery decisions. - Lead client discovery and advisory discussions, translating business goals into technical strategies and proposals. - Oversee execution across projects, tracking quality, scalability, maintainability, delivery risks, and outcomes. - Work with resourcing teams to staff projects, mentor senior engineers, and support a culture of technical excellence. - Monitor project finances and resource use, and identify opportunities for sustainable account growth. - Contribute to industry knowledge through public speaking, writing, open-source work, or mentoring, and support inclusion and sustainability initiatives.

Requirements - At least 15 years of technical leadership, ideally in consulting, SaaS, or large digital transformation work. - Deep knowledge of software architecture, cloud platforms, and modern development practices. - A track record of guiding technical decisions on complex, high-impact projects. - Experience leading pre-sales, discovery, and solution design conversations. - Ability to explain complex technical topics to non-technical audiences and influence senior stakeholders. - Hands-on experience with AI, databases, distributed systems, and current software engineering practices, plus experience mentoring senior development teams.

Nice to have - Experience in a fully remote, globally distributed organization. - Financial oversight of technology projects, open-source contributions, or technical thought leadership. - Exposure to AI-enabled solutions and emerging technologies.

Benefits and work setup - Remote work for candidates based in Ireland. - Benefits include an annual company bonus, up to €1,250 for workspace setup, up to €1,000 for training and development, private healthcare, a pension contribution match of up to 5%, income protection, and death-in-service cover.