Senior Software Development Engineer

Job Description:

About the Role:

You will be a software engineer in the Customer Data Platform team part of the Identity and Trust organization at Remitly. You will build platforms and tools for managing the vast amount of sensitive data Remitly collects from the millions of customers who use the product every day. These would include tier 1 high traffic APIs that serve structured customer data to many Remitly product lines shared tooling for ensuring security privacy and governance of this data and platform components to derive insights from customer data. You will work with the Product Manager and other engineers of the team to understand requirements design and build new forward-looking services. You will be responsible for their observability high availability and reliability.

You Will:

• Take the lead on multi-quarter ambitious projects through strong technical design and leadership skills
• Build own and operate services at the core of Remitlys tech stack.
• Partner with product managers and engineers across teams to help achieve product and business goals.
• Build resilient systems to detect and respond to system outages
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to Remitlys broader engineering culture

You Have:

• A BS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• 9 years of backend services development and domain ownership
• Comfortable dealing with a large amount of ambiguity.
• Experience working directly with product and cross-team stakeholders to achieve outcomes
• Experience owning and operating systems end to end.
• Proficiency in one or more general purpose languages like Java JavaScript Go PHP Python Kotlin C# or Ruby.
• Experience building shipping and maintaining software.
• Passion for cross-team collaboration.

Our Benefits

• Four weeks vacation
• Health Benefits
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• RRSP plan with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life Insurance & Disability
• Continuing education and travel benefits

Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation Together

At Remitly we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster. For corporate team members we have an in-office expectation of at least 50% of the time monthly typically achieved by coming in three days a week. This creates consistent meaningful overlap that supports team norms and business needs. Managers also have the flexibility to set higher expectations based on their teams specific needs. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships fueling creativity and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

At Remitly we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

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