Role Overview
You will lead the engineering organization responsible for Deel’s end-to-end financial infrastructure, including:
Payments orchestration & PSP integrations
Wallets & regulated entity flows (FBO / safeguarding)
General Ledger & accounting automation
Treasury, FX, and liquidity systems
Billing, invoicing, and revenue flows
Reconciliation & financial data integrity
Fincrime & compliance systems
This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, finance, and compliance, with direct impact on Deel’s ability to scale globally and meet IPO-grade standards.
What You’ll Do
1. 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
2. Lead Product-Centric Engineering
Partner deeply with Product, Finance, Treasury, and Compliance
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
3. Build for Scale, Accuracy, and Reliability
Design systems handling high transaction volumes and global scale
Ensure idempotency, consistency, and fault tolerance across all financial flows
Lead architecture for:
Wallet-to-wallet / wallet-to-payout flows
Multi-currency and FX handling
High-throughput payment processing
4. Deliver IPO-Grade Financial Infrastructure
Drive engineering execution across three core pillars:
Controls
SOX readiness, auditability, permissions, separation of duties
Strong internal controls embedded in systems
Compliance
Regulated entities (MTL, PI, EMI) across US, EU, UK, and beyond
KYC, AML, transaction monitoring
Accounting
Enable fast and accurate close (target 5–7 days)
Build and scale General Ledger and MCP (Multi-Channel Posting) infrastructure
Reduce manual reconciliation through automation
5. Build an AI-First Fintech Platform
Make AI a core building block of both engineering and financial systems:
AI in Engineering
Enable developers to leverage LLMs across the development lifecycle:
Code generation and refactoring
Automated reviews and validation
Detection of logical inconsistencies in financial flows
AI in Financial Systems
Apply AI to:
Reconciliation → automated matching, break detection, resolution suggestions
Accounting validation → detect inconsistencies before posting to financial systems
Transaction monitoring → anomaly detection and risk scoring
Data integrity → identify silent corruption or inconsistencies across systems
AI in Operations & Close
Build systems that:
Detect risks to book close timelines in real time
Explain discrepancies in financial data
Suggest or execute corrective actions
MCP Servers & AI Infrastructure
Design and evolve MCP server infrastructure as a foundation for:
AI-assisted financial workflows
Standardized access to financial data and services
Safe execution of automated or AI-driven actions
Ensure MCP servers enable:
Controlled, auditable interaction between AI systems and financial data
Secure orchestration of actions across payments, treasury, invoicing, and accounting
Clear boundaries between decision-making (AI) and execution (systems)
AI Governance & Safety
Ensure all AI systems are:
Auditable and explainable
Compliant with financial and regulatory requirements
Designed with strong guardrails for correctness and risk management
5. Drive Operational Excellence
Establish strong engineering processes, SLAs, and reliability standards
Reduce incidents impacting financial data
Build high-signal monitoring and observability for financial systems
Ensure systems are audit-ready and explainable
6. Build and Scale High-Performing Teams
Lead multiple teams across:
Payments orchestration
Ledger & accounting
Treasury
Billing & invoicing
Reconciliation
Fincrime
Hire, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders and ICs
Maintain a culture of:
Ownership
Speed with control
High accountability
7. Drive Cross-Team Alignment
Align engineering across Product, Finance, Legal, and Compliance
Resolve cross-functional friction and unblock execution
Bring structure to complex, multi-team initiatives
Must Have
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
What You Bring
Technical Leadership
Strong backend expertise (Node.js / TypeScript preferred, or similar stack)
Deep understanding of:
Distributed systems
Event-driven architectures
Data consistency and reconciliation
Financial Systems Understanding
Strong grasp of:
Payments and PSP
Double-entry accounting and General Ledger design
Reconciliation systems at scale
FX and multi-currency flows
Treasury operations
Execution at Scale
Experience scaling systems handling billions in transaction volume
Built systems with:
High concurrency
Idempotency guarantees
Strong audit trails
Product Mindset
Ability to translate business problems into technical solutions
Strong prioritization and trade-off decision-making
Focus on delivering real customer and business value
Leadership
Experience managing multiple teams and senior leaders
Strong communicator across technical and non-technical audiences
Ability to operate in high-growth, ambiguous environments
You’re a Great Fit If You
Think in systems, not features
Balance speed and control in a fintech environment
Are obsessed with data correctness and financial integrity
Can navigate complex, cross-border regulatory constraints
Build trust with C-suite, Finance, and Engineering teams
Take ownership of critical, business-impacting systems
Bonus Points
Experience preparing systems for IPO readiness (SOX, audit, close processes)
Built or operated:
Wallet systems
Payment orchestration layers
Treasury or liquidity platforms
Automated reconciliation systems
Experience with:
NetSuite or similar ERP integrations
Event-driven accounting systems
MCP / real-time posting infrastructures
Why Join
Build one of the most advanced global fintech stacks
Operate at massive scale across multiple regulated entities
Play a key role in Deel’s IPO journey
Work on problems at the intersection of:
Payments
Compliance
Accounting
Infrastructure