Team Lead, Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

Join Deel's Infra Engineering team as a Team Lead and lead a cross-functional team of 6-10 professionals. You will drive technical excellence, mentor your team, and deliver scalable solutions. This role requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, 3+ years in infrastructure, and 2+ years managing engineers. You'll lead decision-making, architecture reviews, and day-to-day operations, while also fostering collaboration and implementing best practices. Deel offers competitive pay, benefits, and perks, including remote work flexibility and stock grant opportunities. The ideal candidate thrives in environments requiring both technical expertise and leadership, demonstrating a commitment to collaboration and continuous learning.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with expertise in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript or Go/Python
• 3+ years of experience in infrastructure: AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, CI/CD, not only using it but setting it up
• 2+ years of experience managing and mentoring engineers, with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of 5+ people
• Experience with Postgres/MySQL
• Experience managing Kafka/Nats and building event driven architectures on top of it
• Proficiency in automated unit, functional, and integration testing
• Proven experience in designing and architecting distributed systems with high-performance, scalability, and availability demands
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You will need to drive initiatives across 50+ engineering teams
• Experience building 24/7 incident response processes

Responsibilities

• Serve as a leader of a strong distributed team driving decision-making, architecture reviews and ensuring day-to-day operations
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance, fostering growth and skill development within the team
• Ensure best practices in development, testing, and deployment, driving innovation and excellence
• Drive planning and execution, balancing tactical wins with long-term objectives
• Implement and standardize best practices for engineering across teams keeping the bar high both for the team and organization
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, cross-team collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Build processes to provide support to engineering and ensure reliability of critical infrastructure
• Define and implement strategic projects in alignment with organizational goals
• Lead innovation through rapid prototyping, iterative development, and problem-solving
• Represent infrastructure in cross-functional discussions, aligning technical requirements with business objectives
• Play an active role in hiring and scaling the team, ensuring alignment with company values
• Manage performance cycles, provide structured feedback, and support the professional growth of team members
• Cultivate a culture of collaboration, inclusion, continuous learning, and engineering excellence
• Champion diversity and foster an environment where all team members thrive
• Work closely with DevOps, DBA and InfoSec teams to align on organizational goals
• Coordinate efforts across teams to drive complex projects and ensure shared objectives are met
• Communicate technical challenges, opportunities, and solutions effectively to stakeholders
• Push back on product decisions when necessary, presenting well-reasoned arguments to prioritize technical health, scalability, and long-term success
• Resolve complex, multi-team technical challenges by fostering collaboration across disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

• You have past experience in Platform engineering
• Knowledge across multiple tech stacks and technical domains

Benefits

• Provided computer equipment tailored to your role
• 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 WeWork access where available