Team Lead, Engineering – Customer Sandbox

Deel

Lead a cross-functional engineering team delivering innovative solutions while mentoring professionals. Deel, a global payroll platform, is transforming the future of work.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeRemote • 🇪🇸 SpainSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a cross-functional team of 6-10 professionals, with a balance of leadership (50%) and hands-on technical work (50%).
Drive technical excellence, mentor your team, and deliver scalable, innovative solutions in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.
Ensure best practices in development, testing, and deployment, driving innovation and excellence.
Collaborate closely with product and design teams to create extraordinary user experiences.
Define and implement technical strategies in alignment with organizational goals.
Play an active role in hiring and scaling the teams, ensuring alignment with company values.
Represent your teams in cross-functional discussions, aligning technical requirements with business objectives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Thrive in environments requiring both technical expertise and leadership.
Combine strategic vision with attention to detail in decision-making.
Demonstrate a commitment to collaboration, continuous learning, and team success.
Drive innovation while balancing immediate goals with long-term technical health.
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

object-oriented programmingSQLAPI developmentdistributed systemssystem debuggingdata structuresquery performancescalable systems designclean codetestable code

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationstrategic visionattention to detailcontinuous learningproblem-solvinginnovationteam successmentoringcommunication