Remitly

Staff Engineer, Receiver Products

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Base Salary

$208k - $260k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own technical design and architecture for complex full-stack systems spanning web, mobile, backend services, APIs, data models, and event-driven architectures.
  • Deliver new receiver-facing product experiences from 0 to 1 and ship capabilities end to end.
  • Integrate receiver products with money movement, global disbursement, FX, liquidity, identity, pricing, and compliance platforms.
  • Embed AML, KYC, least-privilege access, encryption, audit trails, and local regulatory requirements into product development.
  • Build reliable, observable, scalable systems meeting strict availability and latency SLOs.
  • Lead multi-team technical initiatives and influence architecture across team boundaries.
  • Mentor engineers, lead design and code reviews, uphold architecture standards, and promote strong coding, testing, and system design practices.
  • Use AI tools throughout the software development workflow and help teammates adopt them effectively.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software development experience building and operating systems end to end.
  • Expertise building customer-facing products at scale with TypeScript, React, and/or native mobile development using iOS, Android, or React Native.
  • Expertise in one or more backend languages such as Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python.
  • Experience designing and building distributed, large-scale systems using service-oriented and event-driven architectures, RESTful and asynchronous APIs, and relational or distributed databases.
  • Experience leading large, multi-team initiatives end to end and influencing technical direction across teams.
  • Experience using AI throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and their managed services.
  • Strong written, verbal communication, collaboration, and cross-functional partnership skills.
  • Preferred experience building financial products for emerging markets.
  • Preferred background in payments infrastructure including card rails, ACH, real-time payment networks, mobile money, or digital wallets.
  • Preferred familiarity with AML/KYC frameworks, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2 in a software context.
  • Preferred experience in FinTech, payments, or other regulated industries.

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage plus a 401k plan with company matching.
  • Paid parental, medical, military, and family care leave.
  • Mental health and family-forming benefits.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
  • Continuing education benefits.
  • Hybrid work with onsite attendance Tuesday through Thursday each week, with additional onsite attendance potentially required based on business needs.
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About Remitly

1,001-5,000 employees

Remitly is an international payments company that leverages digital channels, including mobile phones, to send money internationally. Remitly's digital products are fundamentally faster, less expensive, and far more convenient for customers to send money across borders.

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