AI Backend Engineer — Remote + Equity

Deel; Dubai; Remote; AED 441,000 - 661,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock grant opportunities

Remote work

WeWork access

Job summary

Deel is seeking a Backend Engineer to build AI-powered backend features that scale across our global platform. You will work with product, frontend, design, and QA to translate requirements into robust, production-ready systems.

Focus on integrating Claude AI, maintaining security and performance, and delivering end-to-end solutions for users in 150+ countries. This role offers remote work with global impact.

Qualifications

• Experience building real AI-powered backend features.
• Proficient in NodeJS or Python and scalable systems.
• Strong SQL/NoSQL with PostgreSQL experience.
• Experience shipping with Claude AI in production.
• Excellent remote collaboration across distributed teams.
• Committed to secure coding and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, frontend, design, and QA to define features.
• Leverage Claude to accelerate development while reviewing AI output.
• Build AI products, workflows, and agents end-to-end.
• Contribute to architecture, testing, deployment strategies.
• Own code from design through production, monitor and iterate.
• Ensure quality, performance, and security across services.

Skills

Backend Engineering

NodeJS

Python

SQL

AI integration

Tools

Claude AI

Sequelize

TypeORM

Job description

Deel is seeking a Backend Engineer to build AI-powered backend features that scale across our global platform. You will work with product, frontend, design, and QA to translate requirements into robust, production-ready systems.

Focus on integrating Claude AI, maintaining security and performance, and delivering end-to-end solutions for users in 150+ countries. This role offers remote work with global impact.