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Team Lead, Infra (Giger)
Giger Team Lead – Developer Sandboxes Platform (Global)
About Deel
Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams, enabling businesses to scale faster and more compliantly. Our mission is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business.
Why Deel? We’re the fastest-growing SaaS company in history, transforming how global talent connects with businesses. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers across 150+ countries, ensuring fair compensation and benefits worldwide.
With a $17.3 billion valuation, over $1B ARR in just five years, and multiple awards (CNBC Disruptor 50, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500), Deel is at the forefront of the future of work. Your experience here could be a career accelerator—fighting critical challenges at scale and becoming a leader in global work transformation.
The Giger Team: Building the Future of Developer Sandboxes
The Giger team maintains one of Deel’s most crucial internal platforms: the developer sandbox system enabling engineers to develop, test, and deploy faster.
What We Do
- Spin up production-like sandboxes in minutes—complete with real databases, services, queues, and storage.
- Isolate environments securely across teams using Kubernetes (Deel’s largest cluster: 1000 nodes, 35,000+ pods).
- Serve 300+ sandboxes daily for 200+ product teams worldwide.
- Build control plane tooling, infrastructure primitives, and GitOps/Kubernetes-based deployments.
We specialize in platform engineering and developer experience, shaping the architectural future that Deel engineers rely on daily.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Technical Direction
- Lead a distributed team of 6-8 engineers (timezone-independent).
- Define and execute the technical roadmap for the Giger platform.
- Set architecture standards for scalability, reliability, and observability.
- Mentor team members, foster career growth, and champion engineering excellence.
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Strategic Execution
- Drive innovation in turnkey sandboxes:
- Faster spin-up times (< 5 mins in ideal cases).
- Cost-optimized resource allocation (utilizing spot VMs and resource pooling).
- Self-service capabilities for richer team collaboration.
- Cell-based multi-region architecture (enabling global blended workloads).
Operation & Maintenance
- Own the entire platform pipeline—from control plane to underlying sandbox infrastructure.
- Optimize daily system cross-team support (Kubernetes, storage, CI/CD).
- Ensure high availability, security, and breakthrough performance at scale.
Organisational Collaboration
- Partner with DevOps, DBA, Security, and compliance teams.
- Drive cross-functional projects at an organizational level.
- Translate high-impact engineering decisions to stakeholders.
What You’ll Bring
Technical Expertise
- 10+ years as a software engineer with expert-level knowledge of:
- Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go/Python (preferred for platform primitives).
- 5+ years in scale infrastructure, including:
- Kubernetes ( במחישנה 50) Erkaneeels promoting tasks (e.g., namespace, Kubectl CRUD)
- Helm chart design for complex deployments.
- CI/CD GitOps pipeline management (ArgoCD, Flux, or equivalent).
- 3+ years in distributed systems leadership, mentoring 6+ engineers.
- Experience with:
- PostgreSQL/MySQL, NATS/Kafka (preferably building event-driven workflows).
- Cost optimization on Kubernetes clusters (500+ nodes).
- Operating custom Kubernetes-based apps (operators, controllers, CRDs).
- Extending Kubernetes (CNCF tools, Helm, or in-house technical primitives).
Soft Skills
- Robert exceptional cross-functional communication (technical and non-technical).
- Should be able to technically business impact architecture decisions swiftly.
- Committed to continuous learning and stem-neering culture.
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Bonus Pass
- Built internal developer platforms (classical mark-up/markdown Okteto, Gitpod, Crafting platform).
- Context/systemic familiarity with CloudNativePG or Zalando KubernetesOperator meta-data.
- Strong experience with multi-region clusters/multi-cloud tech expanding cloud boundaries.
Total Rewards
At Deel, we implement fair, competitive pay and a scalable total rewards program reflecting our commitment to inclusivity and accessibility.
Compensation
- Salary range reflects gross base salary in USD (converted to local currencies).
- Offers are location-based, aligned with market directionality (no salary history discussed).
- OTE (On-Target Earnings) where applicable includes base pay + commission.
Perks & Flexibility
- Stock grants (eligible roles).
- Global benefits based on location (medical, remote stipends).
- Full remote work or ** Optional WeWork access**.
- Diverse growth opportunities in a fast-evolving frontier.
Who We Are Inclusively: Core Named Commitments
- Equal-opportunity employer endothelium and ComTop Compost coordinates matters uneniess identity, law type, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, education, miles path-specific groups.
- Disability inclusion: All job applicants are encouraged; we’ll provide accommodations throughout the process if needed. Request accommodations via recruting@deel.com at any time during the recruitment phase.
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