Staff Engineer, Receiver Products

Job Description:

About the Role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Receiver Products team you will help build a new generation of financial services designed for the people who receive remittances enabling receivers to not just collect funds but to save and spend them safely within their own countries. This is a full-stack role that spans customer-facing web and mobile experiences and the backend services APIs and integrations they depend on in close partnership with Remitlys global money-movement identity compliance and pricing platforms.

Youll set technical direction for the team break down ambiguous greenfield problems into clear strategies and deliver 0-to-1 product experiences that directly improve peoples lives. Youll partner with product design analytics compliance and engineering peers to turn ambitious ideas into reliable scalable systems.

• Operate AI-natively using AI tools throughout your software development workflow from agents that act as force-multipliers to drafting and iterating on technical specs and prototyping concepts and help others on the team do the same.

• Own technical design and architecture for complex full-stack systems that power the receiver experience across web mobile and backend services defining APIs data models and event-driven architectures built to serve tens of millions of users.

• Deliver 0-to-1 product experiences breaking down ambiguous greenfield problems into clear technical strategies and shipping new receiver-facing capabilities end to end.

• Integrate with Remitlys money-movement platform partnering with core platform teams to connect receiver-side capabilities to global disbursement FX liquidity and compliance infrastructure while maintaining end-to-end data consistency.

• Champion security trust and compliance by embedding AML KYC and local regulatory requirements from day one with least-privilege access encryption and audit trails as defaults.

• Raise the bar for reliable observable and scalable systems that meet strict availability and latency SLOs for the flows where customer trust matters most.

• Drive an engineering culture of excellence by mentoring engineers leading design and code reviews upholding architecture standards and advocating best practices in coding testing and system design as we grow this team.

• 10 years of professional software development experience with a record of building and operating systems end-to-end.

• Expertise building customer-facing experiences at product scale with TypeScript React and/or native mobile development (iOS/Android React Native).

• Expertise in one or more modern backend languages such as Java Kotlin Go or Python with a track record of delivering production-quality code.

• Demonstrated experience designing and building distributed large-scale systems including service-oriented and event-driven architectures RESTful and async APIs and relational or distributed databases.

• Experience leading large multi-team initiatives end to end and influencing technical direction across team boundaries.

• Experience using AI throughout the software development lifecycle and helping others apply it well.

• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS GCP or Azure including familiarity with managed services.

• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills.
  

Nice to Have:

• Experience building financial products for emerging markets (LATAM Sub-Saharan Africa South/Southeast Asia or similar).

• Background in payments infrastructure: card rails ACH real-time payment networks mobile money or digital wallets.

• Familiarity with AML/KYC frameworks PCI-DSS or SOC 2 compliance in a software context.

• Experience in FinTech payments or other regulated industries where reliability security and compliance shape engineering decisions.
  

Compensation Details.The starting base salary range for this position is typically $208000 -$260000. In the U.S. Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.

Our Benefits:

• Flexible paid time off
• Health dental and vision 401k plan with company matching
• Paid parental medical military and family care leave
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• 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 a 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.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

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.

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