Team Lead, Engineering, Fintech

Team Lead, Engineering, Fintech at Deel

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams, aiming to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for today's world, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform, leveraging AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure to support every worker type in 150+ countries. Our team of 7,000 spans over 100 countries, fostering a connected culture of continuous learning and innovation.

As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies, breaking down traditional borders. We're building the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits in 109 countries. Deel is recognized as a CNBC Disruptor 50, Forbes Cloud 100, and Deloitte Fast 500 company, maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews. Your experience here will be a career accelerator, tackling complex challenges with a company backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).

About The Team

At the core of Deel’s FinTech platform, this team is responsible for building and operating client and contractor wallets across our regulated entities globally. This is a mission-critical domain where accuracy, compliance, and reliability are non-negotiable.

Scope & Responsibilities

• Lead the fintech engineering team to design, build, and scale wallet infrastructure for global Deel users.
• Work with different teams to integrate wallets with regional banks through PSPs (via APIs), orchestrating pay-ins and ensuring seamless treasury operations.
• Collaborate with the Core Accounting team to connect wallets with the General Ledger (GL), ensuring balances are accurate and financial records meet audit standards (project-dependent).
• Work closely with Compliance, Treasury, and PSP Integration teams to ensure adherence to local regulations (MTL, PI, safeguarding requirements).
• Provide technical leadership in a global, fast-paced environment where uptime and precision are critical.
• Responsible for leading a high-performing engineering team, including running daily stand-ups, planning sessions, and backlog grooming.

What We’re Looking For

• Location: Based in EMEA, with high availability for global collaboration.
• Background: Proven experience as a Team Lead or Manager in payments, banking, accounting, or treasury.
• FinTech Expertise: Hands-on experience with wallets, flows of funds, compliance, and regulated money movement. Prior experience at companies like Wise, PayPal, or similar is a strong plus.
• Technical Skills: JavaScript/Node.js, PostgreSQL with Sequelize ORM, Strong understanding of distributed systems and API-driven banking/PSP integrations.
• Leadership: Ability to run projects at scale, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Mindset: Ownership, detail-oriented, and mindful of the responsibility of managing other people’s money.

Important note: This role will remain technically hands-on, with responsibilities divided between people management and hands-on tasks.

Why This Role Matters

This team is the foundation of Deel’s regulated money movement, ensuring client funds are safe, compliant, and seamlessly accessible worldwide.

Total Rewards

Deel offers fair and competitive pay with scalable benefits, rewards, and perks that reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.

• 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.

Key skills/competency

• Engineering Leadership
• Fintech
• Wallets Management
• Payments Systems
• Compliance Regulations
• Node.js
• PostgreSQL
• Distributed Systems
• API Integration
• People Management