Job Description

Employment Type: Full-Time Location Type: Remote Salary: Not Specified

Position Overview

Deel is seeking a talented Back-End Engineer to join our Infra Engineering team. This role is crucial in supporting Deel's engineering growth by building a platform that enables product teams to ship business value faster. Our team operates at the intersection of DevOps and engineering, focusing on enforcing standards, creating tooling, maintaining internal libraries, providing architectural guidance, and owning high-loaded core services. This position is approximately 65% engineering and 35% DevOps, offering significant freedom and responsibility.

About Deel

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams, with a vision to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Our platform integrates HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management. We support every worker type in over 100 countries with AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, enabling businesses to scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.

As one of the largest globally distributed companies, our team of 5,000+ spans over 100 countries and speaks 74 languages, fostering a dynamic culture of continuous learning and innovation. Deel is the fastest-growing SaaS company in history, transforming global talent connections and creating the infrastructure for the future of work. We have achieved significant milestones, including paying $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies in 2024 and providing healthcare and benefits in 109 countries. Our achievements are recognized by CNBC Disruptor 50, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and Y Combinator.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a platform for product teams to accelerate value delivery.
• Enforce engineering standards and best practices.
• Create and maintain internal tooling and libraries.
• Provide architectural guidance to engineering teams.
• Own and manage high-loaded core services.
• Respond to production incidents when necessary.
• Collaborate with other teams to orchestrate projects.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Back-End Engineer.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker.
• Experience with Node.js, Postgres/MySQL, and message queues (RabbitMQ/Nats/Kafka).
• Experience with infrastructure and observability/monitoring tools.
• Strong system design and problem-solving skills, particularly in ambiguous situations.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on troubleshooting abilities.
• Strong communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms and tooling.

Total Rewards

Deel offers fair and competitive pay, scalable benefits, rewards, and perks that reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access. Benefits include:

• Stock grant opportunities (dependent on role, employment status, and location).
• Additional perks and benefits based on employment status and country.
• The flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access.

Company Culture & Values

At Deel, we are building the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator, allowing you to tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our strong momentum and valuation, you will drive meaningful impact and build expertise in the transformation of global work.