The opportunity
DeepL is a global AI product and research company focused on building secure, intelligent solutions to complex business problems. Over 200,000 business customers and millions of individuals across 228 global markets today trust DeepL's Language AI platform for human-like…
What you'll do
Own the Outcome, Not Just the Code: You will move beyond "implementing specs." You will own revenue-critical systems from the initial problem definition through to architectural design, deployment, and production reliability. You measure success by user impact, not just pull requests merged .
Architect for Ambiguity: You will make high-stakes technical decisions (monolith vs. microservice, consistency vs. availability) with incomplete information. You don't wait for perfect requirements; you identify risks, build prototypes, and iterate based on real-world feedback.
Bridge the Gap: You will be bilingual in "Engineering" and "Business." You will translate complex technical constraints (latency, eventual consistency) into business terms for Product Managers, ensuring we negotiate the right trade-offs to ship value faster .
Drive Technical Pragmatism: You will avoid "Resume-Driven Development." Whether using our core stack (C#/.NET Core, Python, Kubernetes, React) or exploring new tools, you choose the technology that solves the customer problem most effectively, ensuring long-term maintainability over short-term trends.
A "System Thinker" Mindset: You don't just know syntax; you understand failure modes, system boundaries, and how your code impacts the broader architecture at scale. You can design systems that survive 10x growth.
High Agency & Bias for Action: You don't wait for permission. If you see a fire, you put it out. If the documentation is missing, you write it. You are comfortable unblocking yourself and the team in a fast-paced environment .
What they're looking for
- Product Fluency: You care deeply about the user. You ask "Why are we building this?" before writing a line of code. You have a track record of shipping features that solve real business problems.
- Polyglot & Adaptable: While experience with C#/.NET Core or React is a bonus, we value engineers who can pick up the right tool for the job. You are comfortable traversing the full stack, from the database lock to the UI state.
- 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.
- 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.
