Senior Staff Software Engineer | API

DeepL
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Strategic communication","Stakeholder management","Technical writing","Influencing","Operational discipline"]

Own the technical strategy for a hyper-scalable API platform, architecting resilient, secure, high-performance systems as usage grows. Drive partner integrations by leading “Trust” features like billing granularity, residency controls, and auditability for enterprise adoption. Raise org-wide engineering velocity through rigorous platform standards, contracts/versioning/security, and self-service tooling with automated quality gates. Communicate using RFCs and guide the team in an AI-assisted engineering culture.

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DeepL
DeepL
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Senior Staff Software Engineer | API

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Job Summary

Own the technical strategy for a hyper-scalable API platform, architecting resilient, secure, high-performance systems as usage grows. Drive partner integrations by leading “Trust” features like billing granularity, residency controls, and auditability for enterprise adoption. Raise org-wide engineering velocity through rigorous platform standards, contracts/versioning/security, and self-service tooling with automated quality gates. Communicate using RFCs and guide the team in an AI-assisted engineering culture.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect hyper-scalable infrastructure and set the technical vision for microservices to ensure resilient, secure, high-performance systems.
  • •Lead technical work for strategic partnerships and build integrations with AWS Marketplace and enterprise SaaS providers.
  • •Deliver “Trust” capabilities including granular billing, residency controls, and auditability to support enterprise deals.
  • •Establish platform standards for contracts, versioning, and security to raise engineering quality across the organization.
  • •Build self-service tooling and automated quality gates so product teams can deploy independently without breaking production.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:EquityPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years in software engineering focused on high-scale distributed systems and API platform architecture.
  • •Experience with modern cloud stacks and backend technologies, plus a culture of automated testing and operational discipline.
  • •Deep knowledge of enterprise integration challenges including compliance, security, and data residency.
  • •Ability to translate complex technical issues into clear strategic proposals and write RFCs to influence stakeholders.
  • •Comfort using and advocating AI tools to streamline development and guide AI-assisted engineering practices.
Experience:10+ years
Skills:Strategic communicationStakeholder managementTechnical writingInfluencingOperational discipline
Tech Stack:AWS Marketplace

Company Brief

DeepL
DeepL builds Language AI products (DeepL Translator, DeepL Write, APIs and enterprise solutions) that provide high-accuracy translations and writing assistance to businesses and individuals, focusing on privacy, security and enterprise deployment.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: Cologne, Germany
Founded: 2017
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Glassdoor: 3.5
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