Staff Software Engineer | Convert and Scale in London

Overview

Staff Software Engineer | Convert and Scale at DeepL. Join to apply for the Staff Software Engineer | Convert and Scale role at DeepL.

DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI. Since 2017, we’ve been on a mission to break down language barriers. Our human-sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions are designed with enterprise security in mind. Today, they enable over 100,000 businesses to transform communications, reach new markets, and improve productivity. We empower millions of individuals worldwide to make sense of the world and express their ideas.

Our goal is to become the global leader in Language AI, building products that drive better communication, foster connections, and make a real-life impact. To achieve this, we need talented individuals like you to join our exciting journey.

What You Will Be Doing At DeepL

• Drive cross-functional projects within the Convert and Scale organisation, collaborating closely with engineering teams and product managers.
• Shape the architectural direction of systems underpinning account, subscription, and enterprise capabilities to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Align technical strategy with business objectives with engineering leadership and other principal/staff engineers.
• Lead initiatives to support revenue growth through technology and maintain a software landscape for identity and access management, subscriptions & billing, conversions, retention optimization, and reconciliation with financial systems.
• Mentor, develop, and coach other senior engineers, engineering managers, and business leaders.

Your Responsibilities

• Drive the architecture of our business systems across teams, system owners, and engineers.
• Provide guidance on architecture and component lifecycle across services.
• Own revenue data management including data architecture and governance.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and drive projects spanning 2-3 teams.
• Assist teams with planning and estimation of activities.

Qualities We Look For

• Experience in one or more of the following domains: Identity & Access Management, Fraud prevention, Payments, Monetization.
• Experience initiating and driving technical projects involving collaboration with multiple teams.
• 10+ years of hands-on technical experience as an engineer with a focus on business-logic intensive environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and mentor teams across multiple teams or larger structures.
• Proactive and proficient in stakeholder communication in English.
• Experience with observability practices (SLOs, dashboards, alerts) for business-critical systems.
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is a plus.

What We Offer

• Diverse and internationally distributed team with colleagues from 90+ nationalities.
• Open communication, regular feedback, and a growth-minded culture.
• Hybrid work with office presence twice a week and flexible hours.
• Regular in-person team events and monthly Hack Fridays.
• 30 days of annual leave (excluding public holidays) and mental health resources.
• Virtual Shares to align individual contribution with DeepL’s growth.
• Competitive benefits tailored to location.

Equal Opportunity

You are welcome at DeepL for who you are—we appreciate authenticity here. Our product is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices represented, the more we will succeed and break down language barriers together.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development