OverviewAs Infrastructure Tech Lead at Deel, you shape the core platform that hundreds of engineers rely on daily.
You'll guide the technical direction, design scalable infrastructure, and stay hands-on with architecture and code.
Your work enables rapid, global service provisioning, secure operations, and observable systems at scale.
You'll join a high-velocity, engineering-led team that values execution and cross-functional collaboration.
This role offers the chance to influence how we build and operate the platform behind Deel's global workforce.
Retribuzione / BenefitsStock grant opportunities
Flexible working office membership
Total rewards programs
Inclusive, diverse workplace
Competitive pay aligned with market
Disability accommodations
ResponsabilitàDesign and implement infrastructure patterns and primitives on Kubernetes to support a growing microservices ecosystem
Shape roadmap and act as technical lead, balancing architecture, delivery, and developer experience
Lead incident response, automate toil, and reduce noise with engineering solutions
Automate service provisioning, database setups, and environment registrations for rapid deployments
Drive edge routing, traffic management, and migrations of large-scale backend workloads
Oversee secrets management and security posture,



including zero-downtime rotations
Evolve the observability stack with OpenTelemetry and scalable logging
Develop real-time platform capabilities (e.g., WebSocket workloads) and agentic infrastructure
Collaborate with DevOps, DBA, InfoSec, and product engineering to align on goals
Represent infra domain in architectural discussions and resolve multi-team challenges
Requisiti fondamentali10+ years of professional software engineering experience
5+ years focused on infrastructure (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, CNCF landscape)
Proficiency in Node.js/JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or Python
2+ years as a technical lead with distributed, cross-timezone teams
Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures (Kafka, NATS)
Kubernetes architecture and operational experience (operators/controllers, platform primitives)
Relational databases experience (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and scaling within platforms
Proven delivery track record from inception to shipping
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Bias for action and decision documentation
Strong communication
Cross-functional collaboration
Decision-making under ambiguity
Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)
Helm and GitOps
CNCF technologies

📌 Tech Lead, Infra (Infra Core) (Cagliari)
🏢 Deel
📍 Cagliari