AI Engineer, Backend

Deel; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 441,000 - 661,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock grant opportunities

Remote work flexibility

WeWork access

Job summary

Deel is hiring a Backend Engineer focused on AI-powered development to accelerate features while preserving reliability. You will work across product, design, and QA to ship scalable backend solutions in a fully remote, globally distributed team.

You will leverage Claude to accelerate workflows, review AI-generated code, and contribute to secure, production-grade features that support Deel's 150+ countries and diverse workers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as Backend/Software Engineer with AI product shipping experience.
• Proficient in NodeJS or Python; writing clean, scalable code.
• Strong SQL/NoSQL knowledge, PostgreSQL and ORMs.
• Experience shipping products using Claude AI and integrating AI into workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, especially with remote teams.
• Adheres to Deel's coding, testing, deployment and security standards.
• Accountability for service quality and performance optimization.
• Understanding of secure coding, data handling and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers, frontend engineers, designers, and QA to scope features and deliver seamless experiences.
• Leverage Claude AI to accelerate development while critically reviewing AI-generated code.
• Build and ship AI products, workflows, and agents.
• Contribute across the SDLC from discovery to deployment including architecture decisions.
• Develop features, APIs, databases, and infra, fixing bugs at speed with high quality.
• Deliver end-to-end ownership from design to monitoring and iteration.
• Ensure quality through testing and customer-focused development.
• Communicate status, blockers, and decisions clearly to cross-functional teams.

Skills

Backend/Software Engineering

AI integration

NodeJS

Python

SQL/NoSQL

Tools

Claude

Job description

Who We Are Is What We Do.

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.

Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 7,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers.

Why should you be part of our success story? As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are.

Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator's top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google.

Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1 B in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work.

Summary

The Backend Engineer, AI plays a critical role in shipping features faster while maintaining quality and reliability. This role focuses on using AI tools like Claude to accelerate development workflows, shipping robust backend solutions at Deel Speed without sacrificing excellence. By leveraging AI as a co-pilot while maintaining strong engineering fundamentals, this role is essential for building scalable, production-grade features that drive business objectives and enhance user satisfaction across 150+ countries.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Managers, Frontend Engineers, Designers, and QA professionals to understand requirements, scope features, and create seamless experiences.
• Use AI coding tools like Claude to accelerate feature development—generating code, handling boilerplate, and writing scaffolding. You review all AI-generated code critically before shipping.
• Build and ship AI products, workflows, and agents
• From discovery to deployment, provide your technical input throughout all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle, including architecture decisions, design feedback, and deployment strategy.
• Collaborate to develop robust new features, APIs, databases, and infrastructure. Help find and fix bugs at Deel Speed while maintaining high-quality standards.
• Ship features end-to-end with ownership: design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and iterate.
• Ensure top-tier products and services through quality engineering, rigorous testing, and attentive, customer-focused development.
• Communicate constantly with cross-functional teams. Explain technical constraints to non-technical stakeholders. Translate requirements into solutions. Keep everyone aligned.
• Unblock teams by answering questions clearly, debugging issues fast, and proposing solutions to ambiguous problems.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience as a Backend/Software Engineer. You've shipped real AI products, features, debugged production issues, and thought about scale.
• Experience developing with NodeJS or Python. You write clean, maintainable code comfortably. You understand patterns, conventions, and best practices. Syntax is muscle memory.
• You know SQL and NoSQL fundamentals. Particularly strong with PostgreSQL and ORM libraries (such as Sequelize, TypeORM, or similar). You can write queries, optimize performance, and design schemas with purpose.
• Demonstrated experience shipping real products using Claude. You've used AI to accelerate development and shipped features that work in production. You can prompt effectively, review AI-generated code critically, and know when to use AI versus write code manually.
• Excellent communication skills—written and verbal. You explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders clearly. You write clear documentation, code comments, and Slack updates. You ask good questions and proactively share context. Strong remote collaboration skills. You excel in async communication. You proactively communicate status, blockers, and decisions. You've successfully worked in distributed teams.
• Adheres to business processes and systems to meet the company's quality requirements. You follow Deel's standards for code review, testing, deployment, and operational responsibility.
• Takes personal accountability for service excellence. You own your work from design to production. When something breaks, you fix it. When something's slow, you optimize it.
• Information security: Understands your role within the organization from an information security perspective and commits to protecting the organization's security and information assets. You follow best practices for secure coding, data handling, and compliance.
• Ensures cost savings and efficiencies in the area of accountability. You think about resource utilization, infrastructure costs, and team velocity. You don't waste effort or resources.

Total Rewards

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.

Some things you’ll enjoy

• 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

At Deel, we’re an equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Unless otherwise agreed, we will communicate with job applicants using Deel-specific emails, which include @deel.com and other acquired company emails like @payspace.com and @paygroup.com. You can view the most up-to-date job listings at Deel by visiting our careers page.

Deel is an equal‑opportunity employer and is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects different abilities, backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, identities and perspectives.

Deel will provide accommodations on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities. If you require accommodations, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team via this link and a team member will be in touch to ensure your equal participation. If you have difficulty accessing the form, please email at [e-mail].

As part of our hiring process, we primarily rely on interviews and role‑related assessments. In limited cases, we may also consider informal background information relevant to the role, in line with our privacy and fairness obligations.

This application process does utilise Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and AI systems to assist in evaluating candidates based on experience level, technical skills and qualifications. As a fully remote company, we also utilise AI-powered deepfake and fraud detection technologies to verify the authenticity of candidate identities and interactions during assessments and interviews. This processing is conducted in compliance with applicable Data Protection, AI Governance and Labour Laws. We ensure human oversight is maintained in all final hiring decisions. Your personal data is not used to train AI models. For more information on how we process your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

• For NYC Residents: In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, an independent bias audit has been conducted on AEDT; results are available at Ashby, Covey.

Total Rewards

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.

• Our salary range reflects gross base salary. For commercial roles with commission eligibility, this figure represents On‑Target Earnings (OTE), inclusive of base salary and target commission.
• Salary ranges are quoted in USD as a consistent global reference. Your offer will be localized to your country's currency using a market‑aligned conversion.
• Final pay is based on objective, job‑related criteria including experience, skills, and location.
• We don't ask about salary history. Offers are based on the role and what you bring to it.

Some things you’ll enjoy

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location
• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country
• Optional flexible working office membership, with IWG

At Deel, we’re an equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Unless otherwise agreed, we will communicate with job applicants using Deel-specific emails, which include @deel.com and other acquired company emails like @payspace.com and @paygroup.com. You can view the most up-to‑date job listings at Deel by visiting our careers page.

Deel welcomes persons with disabilities to apply to any of our open roles. We will provide application and/or interview accommodations on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities or other needs. If you require application and/or interview accommodations, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team via email ([e-mail]) and a team member will be in touch to ensure your equal participation.

As part of our hiring process, we primarily rely on interviews and role‑related assessments. In limited cases, we may also consider informal background information relevant to the role, in line with our privacy and fairness obligations.

This application process may utilise Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and AI systems to assist in evaluating candidates based on experience level, technical skills and qualifications. This processing is conducted in compliance with applicable Data Protection, AI Governance and Labour Laws. We ensure human oversight is maintained in all final hiring decisions. Your personal data is not used to train AI models. For more information on how we process your personal data, please see our Recruitment Privacy Policy.

• For NYC Residents: In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, an independent bias audit has been conducted on AEDT