Who we are is what we do.
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. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.
Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 7,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers.
Why should you be part of our success story?
As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are.
Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator’s top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google.
Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1 B in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work.
Summary
You'll build, run, and continuously improve the AI-powered systems that drive Deel's global go-to-market engine. This is a hands-on, builder-first role — you're not advising on what to automate, you're doing it. Participate in product planning (From discovery all the way to deployment). Our teams work together to develop robust new features, API’s, continuously improve our AI Leading products and find and fix any bugs at DeelSpeed.
What You’ll Do
Identify and prioritize high-impact technical and product problems
Design, code, and deliver high-quality, scalable applications with Node.js
Ensure systems are efficient, reliable, and scalable under real-world conditions
Lead execution through others (not just individual contribution)
Partner with GTM Teams to ensure technical work drives business outcomes
Run, monitor, and iterate on live workflows. You don't set it and walk away — you own the quality and performance of what's in production.
What Matters Most
- You will develop high-quality, responsive web applications using TypeScript, Javascript, React, Express. Experience with NestJS, Vite, and Next.js is a plus.
- Define and implement technical strategies in alignment with organizational goals.
- Lead innovation through rapid prototyping, iterative development, and problem-solving.
- Identify technical risks and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery.
- Partner with GTM Teams, design, and other engineering teams to ensure seamless alignment on goals.
- Coordinate efforts across teams to drive complex projects and ensure shared objectives are met.
- Communicate technical challenges, opportunities, and solutions effectively to stakeholders.
- Resolve complex, multi-team technical challenges by fostering collaboration across disciplines.
- You will perform thorough testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of applications to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- You will stay updated with emerging web development trends, frameworks, and best practices, and recommend improvements to enhance development processes.
- You will participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members to maintain code quality standards.
Qualifications
- 2–4 years of experience in software development — with hands-on experience shipping AI or LLM-powered workflows in production. This is a hard requirement, not a nice-to-have.
Strong software development fundamentals:
- Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles
- Experience designing maintainable, scalable systems
- Ability to write clean, structured, and testable code
Strong SQL skills:
- Ability to write complex queries from scratch
- Deep understanding of data structures and query performance/impact
Experience working with APIs and distributed systems:
- Debugging integrations and system interactions
- Understanding data flow across services
Strong problem-solving ability:
- Root cause analysis across code, data, and systems
Experience working in production environments:
- Handling incidents, debugging issues, and managing escalations
Expert in the art of designing, coding, testing, and maintaining applications.
Thrive in a collaborative, remote-first work culture where teamwork and camaraderie are key.
Embrace independence and take ownership of your projects, yet also excel in a team setting and love to contribute.
Communicate complex ideas with ease and enjoy collaborating with diverse teams of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Are passionate about solving problems with your coding superpowers, and are a natural at troubleshooting issues.
Take a business-focused approach to software development, with a keen eye on delivering high-value outcomes for our clients.
Total Rewards
Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.
Some things you’ll enjoy
- 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
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.
Unless otherwise agreed, we will communicate with job applicants using Deel-specific emails, which include @_deel.com__ and other acquired company emails like @_payspace.com_ and @_paygroup.com_. You can view the most up-to-date job listings at Deel by visiting _our careers page_.
_Deel is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects different abilities, backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, identities and perspectives.
Deel will provide accommodations on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities. If you require accommodations, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team via this link and a team member will be in touch to ensure your equal participation. If you have difficulty accessing the form, please email at recruiting@deel.com.
As part of our hiring process, we primarily rely on interviews and role-related assessments. In limited cases, we may also consider informal background information relevant to the role, in line with our privacy and fairness obligations.
This application process does utilise Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and AI systems to assist in evaluating candidates based on experience level, technical skills and qualifications. As a fully remote company, we also utilise AI-powered deepfake and fraud detection technologies to verify the authenticity of candidate identities and interactions during assessments and interviews. This processing is conducted in compliance with applicable Data Protection, AI Governance and Labour Laws. We ensure human oversight is maintained in all final hiring decisions. Your personal data is not used to train AI models. For more information on how we process your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
- For NYC Residents: In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, an independent bias audit has been conducted on AEDT; results are available at Ashby, Covey.