Director, Engineering

Summary

Join Deel as their Director of Engineering and oversee engineering teams building and maintaining their cutting-edge technology platform. Lead development, execution, and scaling of Deel’s product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs. Guide a team of engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams for reliable, scalable, and secure product delivery. Mentor team leads, streamline processes, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous learning. Contribute to system architecture, specifications, and hands-on coding. Build strong communication channels with stakeholders. Ensure engineering strategies align with company goals. Deel offers competitive pay, stock grant opportunities, additional perks and benefits, and the flexibility of remote work.

Requirements

• Experience in building impactful products, with strong knowledge around payroll and related regulations, particularly in the US
• Strong experience in the US Payroll landscape including onboarding; implementation; regular, off-cycle, correction payroll runs; tax payments, tax filings, notice resolution and amendments
• Strong emphasis on building systems for continual reconciliation and tax explainability
• Knowledge of the US Money Movement Systems using Wire, ACH is a plus
• 10+ years of experience, including 2+ years managing 4+ engineering teams and Team Leads with strong cross functional cooperation
• Proficiency in JavaScript, with extensive experience using Node.js, React.js, and TypeScript on the Web UI side and on the Backend
• Skilled in designing distributed systems with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and communication skills to inspire and develop high-performing, globally distributed teams
• Experience building applications on RESTful APIs
• Proven ability to manage large-scale projects, prioritize effectively, delegate, and ensure on-time delivery
• Collaborative and comfortable working with C-level executives and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, fully remote environment

Responsibilities

• Guide and mentor Team Leads and their teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and career growth
• Streamline processes and optimize workflows to enhance the operational efficiency while building a native payroll engine for a geography with the most complicated tax structure in the world
• Ensure teams embrace product thinking, agile practices, delivering high-quality code in a fast-paced, iterative environment
• Lead across the full development lifecycle, contributing to system architecture, specifications, and hands-on coding when needed
• Design and maintain scalable, high-performance software solutions using Node.js and React.js, driving innovation through rapid prototyping
• Work closely with senior leadership, ensuring engineering strategies align with company goals
• Build strong, clear communication channels with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to achieve shared project success
• Build and grow product mindset within your engineering org to ensure our Payroll Processing is always accurate, compliant and timely

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