Engineering Manager, Home & Explore

Remitly Canada Operations, Inc.; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 152,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 4 weeks

Health & RRSP

Parental leave

ESPP

Education/travel benefits

Job summary

Remitly Canada Operations, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Manager in Burnaby, BC to lead the team and drive 0-1 roadmap initiatives.

You will shape scalable architecture, personalization, and robust front-end solutions in collaboration with product and design partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering leadership roles is expected.
• Experience delivering full-stack/front-end heavy projects.
• Strong communication and collaboration with product/design teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineers to design scalable architecture and personalized experiences for customer segments.
• Partner with product and design to prioritize roadmap and translate ambitions into actionable OKRs.
• Hire and grow the engineering team, onboarding experienced engineers.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering leadership

Full-stack / front-end

React/React Native

AI in development

Security & scalability

Mentoring & reviews

Product collaboration

Team building & recruiting

Communication

Job description

Job Description: At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward. We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.

About the Role

Our team owns a key part of the customer experience, with a mission to deliver value every time a customer engages with our product. We build cohesive, personalized experiences that make our core flows effortless, surface relevant actions quickly, and strengthen customer trust over time — investing in scalable architecture, intelligent personalization, and targeted experiences that support the company's next phase of growth. As the Engineering Manager, you will lead the team's engineering function and deliver on ambitious 0-1 roadmaps.

You Will:

• Manage engineers to design, develop, and deliver scalable architecture, intelligent personalization, and targeted experiences for a range of customer segments.
• Partner with product and design stakeholders to prioritize the roadmap and translate the company's strategic ambitions into actionable OKRs.
• Hire and grow the engineering team, recruiting and onboarding experienced engineers.
• Be a role model for our cultural values and mentor engineers in technical skillset, autonomy, communication, and collaboration.
• Ensure engineering best practices, quality, and operational excellence across the team.

You Have:

• An Engineering Manager within commuting distance of the Burnaby, BC office.
• 10+ years’ of software engineering experience
• 3+ years’ experience in an engineering leadership role, with a track record managing small teams and delivering complex, full-stack / front-end-heavy projects.
• Expertise in at least one general application-development language (Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, etc.), with a preference for React/React Native familiarity given Home's front-end surface.
• Demonstrated aptitude and judgment for applying AI to developer productivity and, ideally, product features — including enabling safe AI tool adoption on the team.
• Ability to design secure, scalable, performant software and give constructive feedback on team designs.
• A track record coaching developers via mentoring, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Strong partnership skills with product and design stakeholders — communicating technical tradeoffs and applying product judgment to reach the best customer outcomes.
• Experience recruiting and growing engineering teams from the ground up.

Compensation Details:

The starting base salary range for this position is typically $152,000 - $190,000 CAD. In Canada, 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:

• 4 weeks’ vacation
• Health, dental, and vision + RRSP 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 team's 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 a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world. Remitly helps immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner. Its digitally-native, cross-border remittance app eliminates the long wait times, complexities and fees typical of traditional remittance processes. Building on its strong foundation, Remitly is expanding its suite of products to further its mission and transform financial services for immigrants all around the world.