Deel

Team Lead, Engineering, Fintech

Deel

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Distributed SystemsJavaScriptNode.jsPostgres

About the role

  • Lead the fintech engineering team to design, build, and scale wallet infrastructure for global deel's users.
  • Work with different teams to integrate wallets with regional banks through PSPs (via APIs), orchestrating pay-ins and ensuring seamless treasury operations.
  • Depending on the project, you may collaborate with the Core Accounting team to connect wallets with the General Ledger (GL), ensuring balances are accurate and financial records meet audit standards.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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 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.
Benefits
  • 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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
JavaScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLSequelize ORMAPI-driven bankingdistributed systemswallet infrastructurepayments integrationfinancial records auditingtreasury operations
Soft skills
leadershipproject managementmentoringcross-functional alignmentdetail-orientedownershipresponsibility managementteam managementcommunicationcollaboration