Staff Engineer: Lead Architect for Global Payroll (Remote)

Deel; Modena; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; 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 in Modena, Italy. You will architect and scale an enterprise-grade platform serving SMBs to large enterprises, partnering with the Director of Engineering to shape architecture and drive key decisions.

You will mentor engineers, establish metrics, and drive improvements across multiple teams while balancing delivery with long-term health in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

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.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale an enterprise-grade payroll platform.
• Partner with the Director of Engineering to shape architecture and drive key decisions.
• Mentor engineers and reinforce a high-performance culture.
• 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.
• Establish metrics/KPIs, drive post-mortems, and reduce organizational friction.
• Bridge engineering with wider leadership to influence strategy across multiple teams and product areas.

Skills

Leadership

System design

Architecture

Mentorship

Communication

Cross-functional

Engineering processes

Job description

Deel is seeking a Senior Tech Lead for US Payroll in Modena, Italy. You will architect and scale an enterprise-grade platform serving SMBs to large enterprises, partnering with the Director of Engineering to shape architecture and drive key decisions.

You will mentor engineers, establish metrics, and drive improvements across multiple teams while balancing delivery with long-term health in a fast-growing SaaS environment.