Backend Engineer (Fintech Platform)

• Collaborate in a Cross-Functional Team: Work closely with Frontend Engineers, Product Teams, Designers, and QA professionals to create seamless experiences.
• Participate in Product Planning: From discovery to deployment, we value your input throughout all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Develop and Enhance Features: Collaborate to develop robust new features, APIs, and continuously improve our industry-leading products. Help find and fix bugs at "Deel Speed."
• Provide an Exceptional, Customer-Centric Experience: Ensure top-tier products and services through quality engineering and attentive, customer-focused development.
• Solve complex fintech problems: Build modern, resilient systems that power Deel's financial infrastructure at global scale.
• Build at scale: Design and evolve APIs, services, and infrastructure to support high-transaction volumes., * Thrive in designing, coding, testing, and maintaining high-quality applications.
• Excel in remote, async collaboration and distributed teams.
• Take ownership while collaborating toward shared success.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Approach problems with optimism and user-centric thinking.
• Deliver business value through product-focused development.
• Embody Deel's core value of Genuine Care.

Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * Professional experience in fintech or financial domains: e.g., payments, accounting, exchanges, banking, or crypto.

• Worked in or built systems for other financial focused companies.
• Familiarity with compliance-sensitive environments: KYC (Know Your Customer), AML (Anti-Money Laundering), transaction monitoring, or regulatory reporting.

What You Bring

• Solid Backend Development Skills: Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript/JavaScript, with an understanding of server-side principles. Experience with at least one additional backend language is a plus.
• Strong SQL Foundation: Comfortable working with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases. You've written complex queries, handled data migrations, and contributed to data model design.
• Good Understanding of OOP and Patterns: You apply object-oriented programming principles and use common design patterns in your development workflow.
• Hands-on API Development Experience: You've built and maintained RESTful APIs, implemented input validation, used JWT or similar authentication mechanisms, and worked with queue-based systems for async processing.
• Performance-Aware: You understand the basics of concurrency, idempotency, and how to write code that scales efficiently under moderate load.
• Team Contributor: 3+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer, ideally in a product-focused or startup environment. You're collaborative, curious, and open to learning from senior engineers., * Experience with SaaS products running 24/7 on major cloud vendors.
• Familiarity with serverless architecture on AWS.
• Understanding of fintech industry challenges and constraints.
• Experience in treasury, FX, reconciliation, or accounting software.
• Built or integrated payment gateways, exchanges, or ledgers.
• Exposure to compliance and audit-focused systems like SOC2, SOX.

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.

Some things you'll enjoy

• 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

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