Staff Software Engineer

Job Description:

About the Role:

The Global Regional Expansion team manages the core of Remitlys 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 Staff Engineer at Remitly reporting to the Director of Engineering you will play a key role in shaping and scaling the Regional Expansion teams technical vision. You will leverage your expertise to build scalable regionally tailored software solutions that enhance the remittance experience for our customers in newly expanding markets.

As a technical leader you will drive the development of expansion programs that align with local customer and partner needs while ensuring global scalability. You will mentor engineers and senior technologists modeling Remitlys cultural values and fostering an environment of technical excellence.

You will partner closely with Product Management Engineering Management and cross-functional teams defining strategy through a customer-centric lens balancing technical tradeoffs system improvements and long-term scalability. Your leadership will contribute to reducing technical debt enhancing existing systems and defining a best-in-class technical roadmap for regional expansion.

At Remitly we operate in a fast-paced mission-driven environment. As a Staff Engineer you will champion our culture of innovation collaboration and continuous learning helping to drive meaningful impact for millions of customers worldwide.

You Will:

• Develop test and enhance large-scale software solutions
• Provide technical leadership on projects influencing and coaching a distributed team of engineers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to Identify project requirements
• Solve complex open-ended problems where solutions are not immediately clear often requiring collaboration.
• Guide strategic programs and contribute to the technical direction of a product or area
• Write clean efficient and well-documented code
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the improvement of the codebase
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
• Solve scaling issues and simplify complex problems

You Have:

• 8 years of experience in software development
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g. Java Python C)
• Experience with cloud-based technologies (e.g. AWS Azure Google Cloud)
• Experience with software development life cycles and methodologies (e.g. Agile Scrum)
• Experience leading team design reviews.
• Experience with the legacy of technology decisions.
• Know how to limit solutions that pose serious consequences or that add unnecessary complexity.
• Experts in security best practice

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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 womans 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.