Head of Engineering, FinTech

Deel

Lead Engineering for Deel’s end-to-end financial systems in a remote and dynamic fintech environment. Drive innovation and scalability for global payroll and compliance solutions.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇪🇺 Anywhere in EuropeLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the Fintech Engineering Vision
Define and execute the technical strategy for Deel’s financial infrastructure
Build a scalable, modular architecture across payments, ledger, treasury, and compliance
Drive the evolution toward real-time, event-driven financial systems
Lead Product-Centric Engineering
Ensure teams deliver business outcomes, not just features
Embed product thinking into engineering culture in the era of LLMs
Drive clarity on what gets built, why, and in what order
Build systems handling high transaction volumes and global scale
Ensure idempotency, consistency, and fault tolerance across all financial flows
Drive engineering execution across three core pillars: Controls, Compliance, Accounting

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience as Head of Engineering / Director / Senior EM in fintech or financial systems
Built or scaled systems in companies like Stripe, Adyen, PayPal, Wise, Revolut, Coinbase, or similar
Deep experience with: Payments infrastructure
Ledger/accounting systems
High-scale distributed systems
Experience in regulated environments: KYC / AML
Compliance systems
Financial reporting constraints

Benefits

Comp & perks

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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Hard Skills & Tools

payments infrastructureledger systemsaccounting systemshigh-scale distributed systemsreal-time systemsevent-driven systemsidempotencyconsistencyfault tolerancefinancial reporting

Soft Skills

leadershipproduct thinkingstrategic executionclarity in communicationteam managementbusiness outcome focusengineering culture development