Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Remitly's vision is to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Since 2011, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises to people who send money around the world. Today, we are reimagining global financial services and building products that extend beyond traditional barriers to give customers access to more of the services they need, no matter where they call home. Join over 2,700 employees worldwide who are growing their careers with purpose and connection with our customers while having a positive impact on millions of people around the globe.

About The Role

The Global Regional Expansion team manages the core of Remitly's product; a platform for transferring funds quickly and reliably, ensuring our customers always have a great experience, from send to receive. We ensure the movement of over 12 billion dollars a year through disbursement methods such as bank deposit, cash pickup, mobile wallets, and home delivery.

As a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) on the Global Regional Expansion team at Remitly, you will play a key role in building and scaling our platform to support remittance expansion into new regions. You will develop scalable, secure, and regionally tailored solutions that address the needs of customers and partners in different markets.

As an experienced engineer, you will design and implement complex systems, collaborate cross-functionally, and lead key technical initiatives to enable seamless expansion. You will also help improve our existing infrastructure, drive engineering excellence, and ensure our systems are scalable, and compliant with regional financial regulations

You Will

• Solve technical challenges with a customer-centric mindset.
• Design and implement solutions for ambiguous and difficult problems involving multiple technologies (TypeScript, React Native, Java/Kotlin, Go) and systems.
• Guide the team's technical strategy while leading, shipping, and operating full-stack features and systems.
• Solid experience with APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures
• Drive engineering excellence by delivering well-tested, observable, documented, efficient, scalable, and resilient solutions, improving team processes, and contributing to cross-team technical designs.
• Enhance team talent through mentoring, code review, interviewing, and ramping new hires.
• Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, designers, and analysts to achieve outstanding customer experiences.
  
  

You Have

• Strong computer science, web, and native app fundamentals, and knowledge of design patterns.
• Interest in regional financial regulations, security, and compliance requirements in fintech or global payments
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with large scale database systems like MySQL
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other orchestration tools
• Experience with monitoring systems such as Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, CloudWatch, NewRelic
• Expertise in one of the following programming languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java, Go.
• Excellent collaboration skills.
  
  

Our Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Mental Health & Family Forming benefits
• Learning & development benefits
  
  

We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman's potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.