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Back-End/Infra Engineer (Kubernetes / Node.js)

Deel· R&D Infrastructure Infra Core
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About the role

Deel is seeking a Back-End/Infra Engineer to build and maintain a powerful internal sandbox platform, enabling rapid development, testing, and deployment of features in a scalable Kubernetes environment. The role involves designing control planes, automating sandbox lifecycle, optimizing cluster performance and cost, and collaborating with multiple teams to improve developer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain the control plane that powers hundreds of dynamic developer sandboxes.
  • Develop backend tooling and services that automate sandbox creation, orchestration, and lifecycle management.
  • Productize and provide infra as a platform including DBs, caches, object storage and queueing systems.
  • Scale & tune the cluster to provide capacity for volatile workloads, including right-sizing, pod density, bin-packing, and scheduling strategies.
  • Constantly track and optimize costs related to compute, storage, and data transfer at scale.
  • Own the networking setup to mimic production while enhancing developer experience, including traffic routing, ingress tuning, and asset serving.
  • Implement and evolve observability within sandboxes.
  • Partner with the SRE team to ensure uptime and reliability of sandbox environment.
  • Work with engineering teams to improve dev experience and self-service platform features.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Infrastructure or Platform Engineering.
  • Strong backend engineering skills: API design, Postgres, Kafka/Nats.
  • Experience with Node.js, Go, or Python.
  • Experience with cloud providers: AWS, GCP, Azure.
  • Advanced Kubernetes skills: creating tools, controllers, or operators, managing large clusters (1000+ nodes, 30k+ pods).
  • Experience with Kubernetes tools: ingress controllers, secret management (Vault), autoscaling (Karpenter, VPA, KEDA), storage provisioning.
  • Proficiency with Helm charts and GitOps.
  • Excellent system design and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
  • Hands-on mindset working in complex, evolving environments.

Skills

Required:KubernetesAPI DesignCloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)Postgres, Kafka, Nats

Benefits

  • Stock grant opportunities.
  • Additional perks and benefits based on country.
  • Remote work flexibility, including WeWork access.
Last updated Mar 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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The all-in-one HR and payroll platform for global teams

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. 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 120+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly. Discover how Deel makes global work simple at deel.com.

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