Deel is looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer - Forward Deployed to work at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer success. In this role, you will collaborate directly with strategic customers to understand their technical needs and design custom solutions using our platform.
What You'll Do
- Engage directly with customers to understand their technical requirements and business objectives.
- Design and implement tailored technical solutions, often using Deel's and partner APIs, webhooks, and backend infrastructure.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers, Solutions Engineers, and Backend/Frontend Engineers to deliver customer-specific and scalable product improvements.
- Contribute to product planning by feeding real-world customer use cases back into the roadmap.
- Build and enhance product features, debug issues, and improve reliability.
- Provide exceptional technical support during onboarding, implementation, and post-sale expansion.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor, helping enterprise customers unlock the full power of Deel.
What We're Looking For
- Excellent communication skills, especially with non-technical stakeholders and external clients.
- Experience delivering client-facing solutions, whether in implementation, consulting, or embedded technical roles.
- 5+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack software engineer, ideally in SaaS or B2B platforms.
- Fluency in Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, with deep understanding of software engineering best practices.
- Strong SQL skills, particularly with PostgreSQL — including query optimization, migrations, and modeling.
- Hands-on API development experience, validation, and performance tuning.
Nice to Have
- Have worked in fintech, HR tech, or SaaS.
- Have experience deploying solutions in customer environments (e.g., custom scripts, middlewares, internal APIs).
Technical Stack
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- PostgreSQL
Team & Environment
You will collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers, Solutions Engineers, and Backend/Frontend Engineers.
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.
