Job Overview
Location
Brazil
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Backend Engineer
Date Posted
April 15, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Senior Backend Engineer role focused on building and enhancing Deel's global payroll and HR platform, impacting millions of workers across 150+ countries.
- • Day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, participating in product planning, developing robust features and APIs, optimizing systems for high-volume performance, and ensuring customer-centric quality engineering.
- • Deel is a fast-growing SaaS company with a $17.3B valuation and $1B ARR, operating as a fully distributed team of 7,000+ across 100+ countries, committed to innovation and global work transformation.
- • The role offers opportunities to solve complex technical challenges, drive meaningful impact, and build expertise in scalable backend systems, positioning the engineer as a leader in the future of work infrastructure.
🎯 Requirements
- • Expertise in Backend Development: Strong proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript best practices, along with experience in at least one other server-side language.
- • Database Mastery: Proficiency in PostgreSQL, including query optimization, data migrations, and database modeling.
- • Solid Grasp of OOP and Design Patterns: Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles and design patterns, with experience in building and extending classes.
- • Scalability Focus: Experience designing systems for scalability to manage rapid growth and increasing demands efficiently.
- • High-Volume Performance: Proven expertise optimizing systems for large transaction volumes, handling concurrency, idempotency, and performance under load.
- • API Development: Skilled in building secure, scalable APIs with input validation, JWT tokens, and queue-based systems.
- • Experience: At least 8 years of experience as a Software Engineer.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Stock grant opportunities dependent on role, employment status, and location.
- • Additional perks and benefits based on employment status and country.
- • Flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access.
Skills & Technologies
About Deel, Inc.
Deel is a San Francisco-based payroll and compliance platform that enables businesses to hire, pay, and manage contractors and employees in over 150 countries. It automates onboarding, localized contracts, tax filings, and payments while ensuring adherence to local labor laws. The cloud software integrates with HR and accounting systems, offers visa and immigration support, and provides employer-of-record services for companies without local entities. Founded in 2019, Deel serves thousands of remote-first and distributed organizations, helping them scale global teams quickly and reduce administrative overhead associated with international employment.
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