Senior Software Engineer
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Requirements
- Bridge the Gap: You are bilingual in "Engineering" and "Business." You work directly with Sales, Product, and Finance to translate "Annual Recurring Revenue" goals into scalable technical architectures .
- Bridge the Gap:
- Drive System Reliability: You understand that billing systems cannot fail. You build for idempotency and resilience, ensuring that our financial data is auditable and flawless, while maintaining a high-velocity frontend experience.
- Drive System Reliability:
- Qualities we look for
- A "Product-First" Mindset: You care deeply about the customer journey. You ask, "How does this feature help us close the next Enterprise deal?" before writing code.
- A "Product-First" Mindset:
- Full-Stack Fluency: You are comfortable traversing the stack. You can design a React component for an Admin Dashboard in the morning and debug a distributed transaction in the backend in the afternoon.
- Full-Stack Fluency:
- Enterprise Domain Curiosity: You are interested in the hard problems of B2B SaaS—Identity (SAML/SSO), Monetization, and Compliance. You understand that these aren't "boring details"; they are the pillars of trust for enterprise clients .
- Enterprise Domain Curiosity:
- High Agency: You don't wait for permission. If the billing reconciliation process is slow, you automate it. If the documentation for the API is unclear, you fix it.
- High Agency:
- AI-Native Velocity: You leverage AI-powered tools (like GitHub Copilot or Claude) to accelerate your velocity and eliminate repetitive toil. You use AI for boilerplate code, test generation, and debugging, allowing you to focus your cognitive energy on high-value architectural decisions and complex problem-solving.
- AI-Native Velocity:
- A Note on Our Hiring Process: DeepL hires for the Company, not just a specific team. We operate a Unified Engineering Pipeline. If you pass our bar, we will match you to the highest-priority role that fits your skillset—whether that is in Core Product, Platform, Voice, or Enterprise. We prioritize "Missionaries" who want to solve the biggest problems, wherever they live in the stack .
- A Note on Our Hiring Process:
- Company
- Unified Engineering Pipeline
Responsibilities
- Architect Revenue-Critical Flows: You will design and ship complex, high-stakes features like "Enterprise Licensing" or "Automated Seat Provisioning." You ensure that when a customer upgrades, the UX is instant, and the billing ledger is immutable.
- Own the "Enterprise Experience": You will build the tools that empower CIOs and IT Directors to manage DeepL. You translate complex backend constraints (RBAC, Rate Limits) into simple, elegant UI workflows.
- Bridge the Gap: You are bilingual in "Engineering" and "Business." You work directly with Sales, Product, and Finance to translate "Annual Recurring Revenue" goals into scalable technical architectures .
- Drive System Reliability: You understand that billing systems cannot fail. You build for idempotency and resilience, ensuring that our financial data is auditable and flawless, while maintaining a high-velocity frontend experience.
- Qualities we look for
- A "Product-First" Mindset: You care deeply about the customer journey. You ask, "How does this feature help us close the next Enterprise deal?" before writing code.
- Full-Stack Fluency: You are comfortable traversing the stack. You can design a React component for an Admin Dashboard in the morning and debug a distributed transaction in the backend in the afternoon.
- Enterprise Domain Curiosity: You are interested in the hard problems of B2B SaaS—Identity (SAML/SSO), Monetization, and Compliance. You understand that these aren't "boring details"; they are the pillars of trust for enterprise clients .
- High Agency: You don't wait for permission. If the billing reconciliation process is slow, you automate it. If the documentation for the API is unclear, you fix it.
- AI-Native Velocity: You leverage AI-powered tools (like GitHub Copilot or Claude) to accelerate your velocity and eliminate repetitive toil. You use AI for boilerplate code, test generation, and debugging, allowing you to focus your cognitive energy on high-value architectural decisions and complex problem-solving.
- A Note on Our Hiring Process: DeepL hires for the Company, not just a specific team. We operate a Unified Engineering Pipeline. If you pass our bar, we will match you to the highest-priority role that fits your skillset—whether that is in Core Product, Platform, Voice, or Enterprise. We prioritize "Missionaries" who want to solve the biggest problems, wherever they live in the stack .
Benefits
- Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities. We're more than just colleagues; we're a group of professionals with a shared mission to connect diverse cultures. Our global presence is growing–we've doubled in size nearly every year, with our employees based in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the US, and Japan, and we continue to expand our network.
- Diverse and internationally distributed team
- Open communication, regular feedback: as a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication. We value smooth collaboration, direct and actionable feedback, and believe that leading with empathy and growth mindset makes us better together.
- Open communication, regular feedback
- Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week. This allows you to engage directly with your team and experience the unique energy of our workspace, while still enjoying the flexibility and comfort of working from home. With flexible working hours and trust in your productivity, we are in sync with your team’s general locations and time zones to foster effective and seamless collaboration.
- Hybrid work, flexible hours
- Virtual Shares - An ownership mindset in every role. We believe everyone should share in our success, and that’s why every employee receives Virtual Shares, linking your contribution directly to DeepL’s growth and rewarding you with a stake in our future.
- Virtual Shares -
- Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team, from local team and business unit gatherings, to new-joiner onboardings, to company-wide events that bring us all together–literally.
- Regular in-person team events
- Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you're passionate about and get the opportunity to work with other teams–we value your initiatives, impact, and creativity.
- Monthly full-day hacking sessions
- 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind. With 30 days off (excluding public holidays) and access to mental health resources, we make sure you're as strong mentally as you are professionally.
- 30 days of annual leave
- Competitive benefits: just as our team spans the globe, so does our benefits package. We've crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location, to ensure you feel supported every step of the way.
- If this role and our mission resonate with you, but you're hesitant because you don't check all the boxes, don't let that hold you back. At DeepL, it's all about the value you bring and the growth we can foster together. Go ahead, apply—let's discover your potential together. We can't wait to meet you!