Team Lead, Engineering, Fintech @Deel

[Hiring] Team Lead, Engineering, Fintech @Deel

3wks ago - Deel is hiring a remote Team Lead, Engineering, Fintech. πŸ’Έ Salary: unspecified πŸ“Location: Germany, Brazil, Estonia, Belgium, Ireland, Egypt, Romania, Israel, Albania, Belarus

Role Description

As the Team Lead, you will be at the core of Deel’s FinTech platform, responsible for building and operating client and contractor wallets across our regulated entities globally. This is a mission-critical domain where accuracy, compliance, and reliability are non-negotiable.

Scope & Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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.
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