Team Lead, Engineering

Deel

Team Lead, Engineering at Deel managing a cross-functional team and delivering scalable software solutions. Focused on technical excellence and mentorship in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇪🇸 SpainSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsJavaScriptNode.jsSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a cross-functional team of 6-10 professionals, with a balance of leadership and hands-on technical work.
Drive technical excellence, mentor your team, and deliver scalable, innovative solutions in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.
Foster collaboration and adopt best practices to ensure the team meets organizational goals and delivers exceptional user experiences.
Serve as a technical leader, combining hands-on development with strategic oversight.
Design, code, and deliver high-quality, scalable applications with Node.js.
Provide mentorship and technical guidance, fostering growth and skill development within the team.
Ensure best practices in development, testing, and deployment, driving innovation and excellence.
Conduct thorough code reviews to maintain high coding standards and technical quality.
Collaborate closely with product and design teams to create extraordinary user experiences.
Drive technical planning and execution, balancing short-term objectives with long-term system health.
Promote Agile methodologies to enhance team productivity and effectiveness.
Define and implement technical strategies in alignment with organizational goals.
Lead innovation through rapid prototyping, iterative development, and problem-solving.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong software engineering fundamentals
Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles
Experience designing maintainable, scalable systems
Ability to write clean, structured, and testable code
Strong SQL skills:
Ability to write complex queries from scratch
Deep understanding of data structures and query performance/impact
Experience working with APIs and distributed systems:
Debugging integrations and system interactions
Understanding data flow across services
Strong problem-solving ability:
Root cause analysis across code, data, and systems
Experience working in production environments:
Handling incidents, debugging issues, and managing escalations

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

Node.jsobject-oriented programmingSQLAPIsdistributed systemscode reviewsscalable systemsclean codedata structuresproblem-solving

Soft Skills

leadershipmentorshipcollaborationtechnical guidanceinnovationstrategic oversightcommunicationteam productivityroot cause analysisfostering growth