Staff Engineer: Remote Payroll Platform Architect

Deel; Napoli; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

WeWork access

Total rewards discussion

Competitive compensation

Country-based perks

Job summary

Deel is seeking a Senior Tech Lead for US Payroll to architect and scale an enterprise-grade platform. You will partner with the Director of Engineering, shape architecture, drive key technical decisions, and mentor engineers to uphold a high-performance culture. Join a leading SaaS company shaping global payroll infrastructure.

You will work across multiple teams to implement cross-cutting improvements, migrations, and bottleneck elimination while driving engineering excellence at scale.

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 for global use.
• Partner with the Director of Engineering to shape architecture and drive key decisions.
• Mentor engineers and reinforce a high-performance culture for fast growth.
• Implement cross-cutting improvements, migrations, and bottleneck elimination.
• Drive engineering best practices and scalable processes to boost velocity and quality.
• Establish metrics, run post-mortems and reduce organizational friction.

Skills

Technical leadership

System design

Architecture

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Documentation

Engineering processes at scale

Job description

Deel is seeking a Senior Tech Lead for US Payroll to architect and scale an enterprise-grade platform. You will partner with the Director of Engineering, shape architecture, drive key technical decisions, and mentor engineers to uphold a high-performance culture. Join a leading SaaS company shaping global payroll infrastructure.

You will work across multiple teams to implement cross-cutting improvements, migrations, and bottleneck elimination while driving engineering excellence at scale.