Senior API Enterprise Engineer — Scale, Governance & Reliability

DeepL; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Virtual Shares

30 days annual leave

Team events

Hack Fridays

Competitive benefits

Job summary

DeepL, a global AI translation leader, seeks an experienced engineer to drive enterprise API adoption and governance. You will own features that enable large organizations to use APIs securely, with strong reliability and scalable backend design.

You will collaborate across teams to ensure data residency, RBAC, and compliance while delivering four-nines reliability and robust testing. Hybrid work and global collaboration are core to the role.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of enterprise API adoption and governance.
• Experience designing scalable backend systems and RESTful APIs.
• Proven cross-team leadership and ownership of services.

Responsibilities

• Drive Enterprise API Adoption: own features for broad enterprise adoption, including governance tooling.
• Build for Governance & Compliance: design controls for IT/security admins, data residency, auditability.

Skills

Enterprise API adoption

Backend design at scale

Cross-team leadership

API security & compliance

Tools

MCP

CLIs

OAuth

REST APIs

C# / .NET

Job description

DeepL, a global AI translation leader, seeks an experienced engineer to drive enterprise API adoption and governance. You will own features that enable large organizations to use APIs securely, with strong reliability and scalable backend design.

You will collaborate across teams to ensure data residency, RBAC, and compliance while delivering four-nines reliability and robust testing. Hybrid work and global collaboration are core to the role.