Senior Tech Lead, US Payroll Platform — Remote

Deel; Genova; Remote; EUR 158,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

WeWork access

Country-based 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 an enterprise-grade platform serving SMBs to large enterprises. You’ll partner with the Director of Engineering to shape architecture, drive key technical decisions, and uphold engineering excellence.

You will mentor engineers and reinforce a high-performance culture that enables fast growth at a leading SaaS company. You will work across multiple teams to implement cross-cutting improvements, migrations, and bottleneck

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.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience establishing scalable engineering processes.

Responsibilities

• Principal technical advisor and architect for critical initiatives aligning with business goals.
• Drive technical decision-making and architecture reviews to balance delivery and long-term health.
• Represent engineering leadership in planning with product and design for cross-product alignment.
• Implement engineering best practices and scalable processes to boost velocity and quality.
• Establish metrics, drive post-mortems, and reduce organizational friction.
• Mentor senior engineers and tech leads, enabling career development and hiring standards.
• Bridge engineering with wider leadership to influence strategy across multiple teams and product areas.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

System design

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering processes

Mentorship

Architectural governance

Job description

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

You will mentor engineers and reinforce a high-performance culture that enables fast growth at a leading SaaS company. You will work across multiple teams to implement cross-cutting improvements, migrations, and bottleneck