Back-End Engineer

Summary

Join Deel as a Forward-Deployed Integration Engineer and work at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer success. Collaborate directly with strategic customers to understand their technical needs and design and implement impactful solutions. Represent Deel to clients and vice versa, acting as a technical advisor. This highly collaborative role requires strong technical skills and excellent communication. You will engage directly with customers, design and implement technical solutions using Deel's and partner APIs, collaborate cross-functionally, contribute to product planning, build and enhance product features, provide technical support, and act as a trusted technical advisor. Deel offers a fast-paced, dynamic environment with opportunities for significant impact and career growth.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills, especially with non-technical stakeholders and external clients
• Experience delivering client-facing solutions, whether in implementation, consulting, or embedded technical roles
• 5+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack software engineer, ideally in SaaS or B2B platforms
• Fluency in Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, with deep understanding of software engineering best practices
• Strong SQL skills, particularly with PostgreSQL — including query optimization, migrations, and modeling
• Hands-on API development experience, validation, and performance tuning

Responsibilities

• Engage directly with customers to understand their technical requirements and business objectives
• Design and implement tailored technical solutions, often using Deel's and our partner Accounting and HCMs' APIs, webhooks, and backend infrastructure
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers, Solutions Engineers, and Backend/Frontend Engineers to deliver both customer-specific and scalable product improvements
• Contribute to product planning by feeding real-world customer use cases back into the roadmap
• Build and enhance product features, debug issues, and improve reliability at "Deel speed"
• Provide exceptional technical support during onboarding, implementation, and post-sale expansion
• Act as a trusted technical advisor, helping enterprise customers unlock the full power of Deel

Preferred Qualifications

• Have worked in fintech, HR tech, or SaaS
• Have experience deploying solutions in customer environments (e.g., custom scripts, middlewares, internal APIs)

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