Deputy

Deputy is a workforce management software company founded in 2008 by Ashik Ahmed and Steve Shelley, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with additional offices in San Francisco and London. The company focuses on tools for managing hourly and shift-based workforces across industries including retail, hospitality, healthcare, and logistics.

Deputy's platform includes employee scheduling, time and attendance tracking, leave management, task management, and integrations with payroll providers such as ADP, Gusto, and Xero. The software is designed for businesses that employ large numbers of hourly workers and need to manage complex shift patterns, compliance requirements, and labor cost controls. Deputy also offers AI-driven labor demand forecasting to help managers align staffing levels with anticipated business activity.

Deputy raised a Series C round of approximately $81 million in 2021, bringing its total disclosed funding to that level. The company serves customers across more than 100 countries and has processed a significant volume of shift hours through its platform. It has grown its headcount to several hundred employees across its global offices.