flatfair
flatfair
flatfair develops tenancy deposit technology for the rental market, serving letting agents, landlords, and tenants. Its platform combines conventional deposit services with an alternative designed to lower tenants’ upfront moving costs while offering landlords protection of up to 10 weeks. For agents, flatfair brings deposit administration into one workflow, helping reduce manual effort and support compliance. The company operates across finance, real estate, and B2B software, building products for a more efficient rental experience.

Chief Technology Officer at flatfair, London Hybrid

Lead technology and product at flatfair, a rental proptech platform focused on protecting landlords and reducing tenant move-in costs. Set technical direction, strengthen delivery, and develop engineering capability.

Description

  • Lead Technology and Product at flatfair
  • Partner with the CEO and leadership team to translate business priorities into products and technology that create value for customers and partners
  • Set the technology strategy and guide significant technical decisions
  • Create frameworks and standards that improve engineering quality and technical decision-making
  • Review architecture and code, contributing directly where it adds value
  • Manage and develop the engineering team while increasing its overall capability
  • Align Product and Engineering on priorities, problem definition, delivery, and measurement
  • Own technical direction, delivery, product, team capability, and alignment between technology and the business
  • Help scale a multi-product proptech company

Requirements

  • Demonstrated technology leadership in a small, growing business
  • Sound technical judgement across software architecture, cloud platforms, APIs, and integrations
  • Experience taking full ownership of engineering delivery
  • Sufficient coding expertise to remain hands-on with the technology when useful
  • Strong product judgement and experience partnering closely with or overseeing product management
  • Experience establishing frameworks, standards, and clear technical ownership
  • Ability to balance delivery speed, commercial impact, platform health, technical debt, and risk
  • Proven success developing engineers and expanding capability within a small team
  • Confidence to challenge ideas constructively, listen carefully, and make decisive choices
  • Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience in SaaS, fintech, insurtech, proptech, or another technology-enabled service business is helpful but not required
  • Relevant experience with Python/Django, Postgres, Vue.js, AWS, CircleCI, Datadog, and Sentry
  • Convenient access to London would be advantageous

Benefits

  • Bonus and equity participation
  • Direct ownership of Technology and Product
  • Scope to improve delivery while supporting growth of the existing product
  • Freedom to make recommendations and challenge established thinking
  • Chance to collaborate with a small, senior, cross-functional team

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