Remote Staff Engineer — Lead Architect for Global Payroll

Deel; Monza; Remote; EUR 132,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

WeWork access

Country perks

Equal opportunity employer

Total rewards discussion

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Deel is seeking a Senior Tech Lead for US Payroll to architect and scale a critical, enterprise-grade platform serving SMBs to large enterprises. You will partner with the Director of Engineering to shape architecture, drive key technical decisions, and uphold engineering excellence.

You will mentor engineers, drive improvements across multiple teams, and contribute to a high-performance culture that enables fast growth. This role guides global payroll infrastructure at a leading SaaS company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven leadership in organizations with 30+ engineers.
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Excellence in technical communication and documentation, mentorship history.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale the US Payroll platform across teams.
• Drive key technical decisions and architecture reviews.
• Mentor engineers and reinforce a high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with product, design and leadership for cross-product alignment.
• Establish metrics, post-mortems, and reduce organizational friction.

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

System design

Technical communication

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Deel is seeking a Senior Tech Lead for US Payroll to architect and scale a critical, enterprise-grade platform serving SMBs to large enterprises. You will partner with the Director of Engineering to shape architecture, drive key technical decisions, and uphold engineering excellence.

You will mentor engineers, drive improvements across multiple teams, and contribute to a high-performance culture that enables fast growth. This role guides global payroll infrastructure at a leading SaaS company.