Infrastructure Engineer (Kubernetes / Node.js)

Deel; France; À distance; EUR 77 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading payroll and HR platform seeks an experienced Software Engineer specializing in backend development and Kubernetes. You will design and maintain robust developer environments and enhance platform efficiency. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of experience with a strong background in API design and cloud services. This role allows for remote work and comes with competitive rewards and benefits.

Prestations

Stock grant opportunities

Flexible remote work

Access to WeWork spaces

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering or similar.
• Experience with API design and backend engineering.
• Advanced Kubernetes experience including creating tools.

Responsabilités

• Design, build, and maintain control planes for developer sandboxes.
• Develop backend tooling for sandbox management.
• Optimize costs and scale cluster for workloads.

Connaissances

Backend engineering skills

Strong API design

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Hands-on mindset

Formation

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Outils

Kubernetes

Postgres

Node.js

AWS/GCP/Azure

Kafka/Nats

Description du poste

Location

Spain, Portugal, Brazil, UK, Germany, Poland, Pakistan, Ukraine, Estonia, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Romania, Israel, India, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Turkey

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

R&D, Infrastructure, Infra Core

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.

Our workforce of 6,000 spans more than 100 countries, languages, and cultures, driving continuous learning and innovation for our customers.

Why should you be part of our success story?

As the fastest-growing SaaS company, Deel is transforming global talent connectivity. We build the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a diverse and inclusive global economy.

Get ready to:

• Be part of a truly cross‑functional team
• Participate in product planning from discovery to deployment; we want your input at all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle!
• Collaborate to develop robust new features, APIs, and continuously improve our industry‑leading products, finding and fixing bugs at Deel Speed.
• Ensure our customers receive a white‑glove experience with our products!

What the Giger Team Does

The Giger team builds and maintains one of Deel’s most powerful internal platforms: a sandbox system that enables engineers to develop, test, and deploy faster. Each sandbox is isolated, empowering teams to experiment, test infrastructure changes, and validate code safely at scale.

Who We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Infrastructure or Platform Engineering
• Strong backend engineering skills: API design, Postgres, Kafka/Nats
• Node.js/Go/Python background
• Experience with AWS/GCP/Azure
• Advanced experience with Kubernetes, including creating tools, controllers, or operators that extend its capabilities
• Experience with standard Kubernetes tools:
  • Networking (ingress controllers, CoreDNS, external‑dns, AWS LBC, oauth2‑proxy)
  • Secret management (Vault, External Secrets)
  • Cluster autoscaling and resource tuning (Karpenter, VPA, goldilocks, KEDA)
  • Storage provisioning
• Experience with Helm charts and GitOps
• Experience managing large k8s clusters: 1,000 nodes, 30k+ pods
• Excellent system design and problem‑solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities across teams
• Hands‑on mindset, comfortable with complex and evolving environments

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain the control plane that powers hundreds of dynamic developer sandboxes
• Develop backend tooling and services that automate sandbox creation, orchestration, and lifecycle management
• Productize and provide infra as a platform including DBs, caches, object storage and queueing systems
• Scale & tune the cluster for volatile workloads—hands‑on with Karpenter/VPA/KEDA, right‑sizing, pod density, bin‑packing, scheduling strategies
• Continuously track and optimize costs at k8s scale
• Own networking to mimic production, enhancing developer experience at scale—traffic routing, ingress tuning, serving assets
• Implement and evolve observability within sandboxes
• Partner with Sandboxes SRE to ensure uptime and reliability of hundreds of sandboxes daily
• Work with Deel engineering to improve DevEx and productize day‑to‑day needs into a self‑service platform

Extra Brownie Points If You…

• Have built internal developer platforms or Kubernetes operators
• Have production experience with Postgres Operators (e.g. CloudNativePG or Zalando)
• Have multi‑region and multi‑cloud experience

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

Deel is an equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity and encourages applications from all 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 protected characteristics.

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