Senior Backend Engineer Node.js + AWS

In this role you will contribute to building scalable backend services for Deel’s global payroll and HR platform. You will work within a cross-functional Engineering team to plan, design, and deliver robust features and APIs that serve customers worldwide. You will tackle performance and reliability challenges at scale, while maintaining a customer-centric engineering mindset. This is an opportunity to impact how global teams are paid and governed, in a remote-first, high-growth SaaS environment.

• Stock grant opportunities
• Flexible office membership (IWG)
• Total rewards program
• Healthcare and benefits
• Competitive base salary
• Remote-friendly with inclusive policies

• Collaborate in a cross-functional team with frontend, product, design, and QA to deliver seamless experiences
• Participate in product planning from discovery to deployment
• Develop and enhance features, including APIs, with a focus on quality and scalability
• Identify and fix bugs quickly to maintain Deel Speed
• Deliver a customer-centric engineering approach to product quality and reliability

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Backend development with Node.js and TypeScript/JavaScript
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL and SQL query optimization
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns
• Experience designing scalable systems and handling high transaction volumes
• API development experience with input validation, JWT, and queue-based architectures

• Remote collaboration and proactive communication
• Ownership and autonomy balanced with teamwork
• Clear communication of complex ideas to diverse stakeholders
• Node.js
• TypeScript/JavaScript
• PostgreSQL