Deel is hiring a Director of Engineering, Growth to oversee the engineering teams that build and maintain our technology platform. You will lead the development, execution, and scaling of Deel’s product roadmap, ensuring engineering efforts align with business objectives and growth strategies.
What You'll Do
- Guide and mentor Team Leads and their teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and career growth.
- Streamline processes and optimize workflows to enhance the operational efficiency of FinTech projects.
- Ensure teams embrace agile practices, delivering high-quality code in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
- Lead across the full development lifecycle, contributing to system architecture, specifications, and hands-on coding when needed.
- Design and maintain scalable, high-performance software solutions using Node.js and React.js, driving innovation through rapid prototyping.
- Work closely with senior leadership, ensuring engineering strategies align with company goals.
- Build strong, clear communication channels with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to achieve shared project success.
What We're Looking For
- Growth mindset and leadership: Deep understanding of how engineering can accelerate product-led growth. Data-minded, outcome-oriented, and energized by experimentation.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Experience working in cross-functional teams where engineering, product, and marketing align to drive user growth. Understands how to balance short-term impact with long-term scalability.
Nice to Have
- Technical depth and execution: Full-stack engineering experience, ideally with Node.js and front-end frameworks like React. Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and cloud infrastructure like AWS.
- 7+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, including successfully managing managers or leading multiple engineering teams focused on growth initiatives.
- Experience successfully leading and scaling high-performing growth engineering teams in rapid-growth environments.
- Strong product mindset, deeply understanding how engineering initiatives directly impact key growth metrics like user acquisition, activation, retention, and conversion.
- Proactive leader with a bias for action, possessing well-reasoned opinions that drive clarity and build momentum for your teams.
- Obsessed with business and user outcomes, moving beyond feature delivery to focus on measurable impact and sustainable growth.
Technical Stack
- Node.js
- React.js
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- AWS
Benefits & Compensation
- Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status, and location.
- Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country.
- The flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access.
Work Mode
This is a global remote position.
At Deel, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
