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Who We Are Is What We Do. Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly. Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 7,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers. Why should you be part of our success story? As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are. Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator's top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google. Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1 B in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work. Summary The Backend Engineer, AI plays a critical role in shipping features faster while maintaining quality and reliability. This role focuses on using AI tools like Claude to accelerate development workflows, shipping robust backend solutions at Deel Speed without sacrificing excellence. By leveraging AI as a co-pilot while maintaining strong engineering fundamentals, this role is essential for building scalable, production-grade features that drive business objectives and enhance user satisfaction across 150+ countries. Responsibilities Work closely with Product Managers, Frontend Engineers, Designers, and QA professionals to understand requirements, scope features, and create seamless experiences. Use AI coding tools like Claude to accelerate feature development—generating code, handling boilerplate, and writing scaffolding. You review all AI-generated code critically before shipping. Build and ship AI products, workflows, and agents From discovery to deployment, provide your technical input throughout all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle, including architecture decisions, design feedback, and deployment strategy. Collaborate to develop robust new features, APIs, databases, and infrastructure. Help find and fix bugs at Deel Speed while maintaining high-quality standards. Ship features end-to-end with ownership: design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and iterate. You don't hand off—you see things through. Ensure top-tier products and services through quality engineering, rigorous testing, and attentive, customer-focused development. Communicate constantly with cross-functional teams. Explain technical constraints to non-technical stakeholders. Translate requirements into solutions. Keep everyone aligned. Unblock teams by answering questions clearly, debugging issues fast, and proposing solutions to ambiguous problems. Qualifications At least 3 years of experience as a Backend/Software Engineer. You've shipped real AI products, features, debugged production issues, and thought about scale. Experience developing with NodeJS or Python. You write clean, maintainable code comfortably. You understand patterns, conventions, and best practices. Syntax is muscle memory. You know SQL and NoSQL fundamentals. Particularly strong with PostgreSQL and ORM libraries (such as Sequelize, TypeORM, or similar). You can write queries, optimize performance, and design schemas with purpose. Demonstrated experience shipping real products using Claude. You've used AI to accelerate development and shipped features that work in production. You can prompt effectively, review AI-generated code critically, and know when to use AI versus write code manually. Excellent communication skills—written and verbal. You explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders clearly. You write clear documentation, code comments, and Slack updates. You ask good questions and proactively share context. Strong remote collaboration skills. You excel in async communication. You proactively communicate status, blockers, and decisions. You've successfully worked in distributed teams. Adheres to business processes and systems to meet the company's quality requirements. You follow Deel's standards for code review, testing, deployment, and operational responsibility. Takes personal accountability for service excellence. You own your work from design to production. When something breaks, you fix it. When something's slow, you optimize it. Information security: Understands your role within the organization from an information security perspective and commits to protecting the organization's security and information assets. You follow best practices for secure coding, data handling, and compliance. Ensures cost savings and efficiencies in the area of accountability. You think about resource utilization, infrastructure costs, and team velocity. You don't waste effort or resources. Ingénieur Backend, IA Résumé L'Ingénieur Backend, IA joue un rôle critique en livrant les fonctionnalités plus rapidement tout en maintenant la qualité et la fiabilité. Ce rôle se concentre sur l'utilisation d'outils IA comme Claude pour accélérer les flux de travail de développement, en livrant des solutions backend robustes à Deel Speed sans sacrifier l'excellence. En exploitant l'IA comme copilote tout en maintenant de solides principes d'ingénierie, ce rôle est essentiel pour construire des fonctionnalités scalables de qualité production qui favorisent les objectifs commerciaux et améliorent la satisfaction des utilisateurs dans plus de 150 pays. Responsabilités Travailler étroitement avec les Responsables Produit, les Ingénieurs Frontend, les Designers et les professionnels QA pour comprendre les exigences, délimiter les fonctionnalités et créer des expériences transparentes. Utiliser des outils de codage IA comme Claude pour accélérer le développement de fonctionnalités — générer du code, gérer le code passe-partout et écrire du scaffolding. Vous examinez tout le code généré par l'IA de manière critique avant la livraison. Construire et livrer des produits, flux de travail et agents IA. De la découverte au déploiement, fournissez votre contribution technique à toutes les étapes du Cycle de Vie du Développement Logiciel, y compris les décisions architecturales, les commentaires de conception et la stratégie de déploiement. Collaborer au développement de nouvelles fonctionnalités robustes, d'API, de bases de données et d'infrastructure. Aidez à trouver et corriger les bogues à Deel Speed tout en maintenant des normes de haute qualité. Livrer des fonctionnalités de bout en bout avec propriété : concevoir, développer, tester, déployer, surveiller et itérer. Vous ne transmettez pas — vous menez les choses à bien. Assurer des produits et services de premier ordre grâce à
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.