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Tech Lead responsible for backend architecture and data systems design at Deel. Leading initiatives to solve high-impact technical challenges for a global payroll platform.
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 (not just individual contribution)
- Partner with Product to ensure technical work drives business outcomes
Requirements:
- Deep Database Expertise (Critical)
- Strong knowledge of relational databases (SQL)
- Experience with:
- Query optimization
- Indexing strategies
- Transactions & isolation levels
- Concurrency control
- Ability to reason about performance and trade-offs at the data layer
- Distributed Systems & System Design
- Strong understanding of:
- Queues, message brokers, async processing
- Microservices and service boundaries
- Load balancing, CDNs, and request lifecycle
- Ability to design end-to-end systems, not just isolated services
- Backend Foundations
- Strong fundamentals in:
- APIs, services, and system architecture
- OOP and clean design principles
- Node.js / TypeScript knowledge
- Product & Business Thinking
- Understands why something should be built, not just how
- Makes pragmatic decisions (80/20 mindset) aligned with business impact
- Avoids over-engineering
- Technical Leadership Through Influence
- Leads through clarity, reasoning, and trust, not authority
- Can drive alignment across engineers and stakeholders
- Delegates effectively and scales impact through others
- Working knowledge of frontend (React)
- Strong communication: Explains technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
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
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