Tech Lead, Engineering (Remote)

Tech Lead, Engineering

Company Overview

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform.

Job Summary

We’re looking for a Tech Lead with deep fullstack and database expertise, someone who understands how systems behave under load, how data moves, and how to make the right trade-offs. You will identify and prioritize high-impact technical and product problems, design and guide scalable backend and data systems, and lead execution through others.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize high-impact technical and product problems
• Design and guide scalable backend and data systems
• Own architectural decisions across data, services, and system boundaries
• Ensure systems are efficient, reliable, and scalable under real-world conditions
• Lead execution through others
• Partner with Product to ensure technical work drives business outcomes

Requirements / Qualifications

• Deep Database Expertise: Strong knowledge of relational databases (SQL), query optimization, indexing strategies, transactions & isolation levels, and concurrency control
• Distributed Systems & System Design: Understanding of queues, message brokers, async processing, microservices, service boundaries, load balancing, CDNs, and request lifecycle
• Backend Foundations: Strong fundamentals in APIs, services, system architecture, OOP, clean design principles, and Node.js / TypeScript knowledge
• Product & Business Thinking: Ability to make pragmatic decisions (80/20 mindset) aligned with business impact
• Technical Leadership: Ability to lead through influence, clarity, reasoning, and trust
• Strong communication skills

Location

Germany, Remote: True

Employment Type

Full Time

Salary & Benefits

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

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Deel, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.