Deel Contractor Hiring API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Deel ATS Adjustments Contractor Hiring API
  description: 'Applicant Tracking System API for managing the full recruiting pipeline — jobs and

    job postings, candidates, applications, attachments, offers, departments, locations,

    email templates, hiring members, employment types, application sources, tags, and

    reasons — with an end-to-end candidate-to-contract flow via Deel Hire.

    '
  version: '2026-05-25'
  contact:
    name: Deel Developer Support
    url: https://developer.deel.com/api/ats-guides/introduction
servers:
- url: https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2
  description: Production
- url: https://api-sandbox.demo.deel.com/rest/v2
  description: Sandbox
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Contractor Hiring
  description: Create and onboard IC, PAYG, milestone, and COR contracts
paths:
  /contracts/ic:
    post:
      operationId: createIcContract
      summary: Create A New Contract
      description: Create an Independent Contractor contract (ongoing, PAYG, milestone, or COR variant).
      tags:
      - Contractor Hiring
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IcContractCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Contract created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IcContract'
  /contracts/{contract_id}/external-id:
    patch:
      operationId: addExternalId
      summary: Add External ID
      description: Attach a client-side external ID to a contract for cross-system reconciliation.
      tags:
      - Contractor Hiring
      parameters:
      - name: contract_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - external_id
              properties:
                external_id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: External ID set
components:
  schemas:
    IcContractCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - worker
      - type
      - currency
      - country
      properties:
        worker:
          type: object
          required:
          - email
          - first_name
          - last_name
          properties:
            email:
              type: string
              format: email
            first_name:
              type: string
            last_name:
              type: string
            country:
              type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ongoing_time_based
          - pay_as_you_go_time_based
          - milestones
          - cor
        currency:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
        job_title:
          type: string
        seniority_level_id:
          type: string
        rate:
          type: number
        rate_frequency:
          type: string
          enum:
          - hourly
          - weekly
          - monthly
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date
        end_date:
          type: string
          format: date
        scope_of_work:
          type: string
        external_id:
          type: string
    IcContract:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        worker:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            email:
              type: string
              format: email
        rate:
          type: number
        currency:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date
  parameters:
    IdempotencyKey:
      name: Idempotency-Key
      in: header
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: opaque