Full Stack Software Engineer, Remitly Business

Careers at Remitly Nicaragua; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 124,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks vacation

Health/dental/vision + RRSP

Paid parental leave

Mental Health Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education and travel benefits

Job summary

Remitly, Inc. in Burnaby, BC, Canada is hiring Full-Stack Software Development Engineers for Remitly Business Engineering. You’ll own end-to-end features—from Go services to a TypeScript GraphQL layer and React/React Native frontends—shipping code frequently in a rapidly growing business unit.

This AI-native team emphasizes spec-first development, tooling-assisted coding, and strong design judgment. Level options include intermediate SDE2 and senior SDE3, with hybrid work expectations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering experience in a cross-functional team.
• Experience as a full stack engineer with React/TypeScript and Go.
• Designing secure, scalable, performant software on AWS.
• Leading engineers on large features with PMs and stakeholders.
• Comfort with AI-assisted development tools.
• Clear, objective written and verbal communication.
• Nice to have: payments, fintech, or money movement experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship full stack features end to end—from React frontend to backend services and data.
• Use AI-assisted and spec-driven development to move faster while ensuring architecture and quality.
• Set technical standards for testable, resilient, scalable systems.
• Build money movement at scale with proper ledgering, reconciliation, and compliance gating.
• Uphold security, reliability, and observability standards; resolve risks early.
• Develop and deliver roadmaps, balancing priorities and tech foundation.
• Mentor engineers through reviews and interviews; represent Remitly's values.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Analytics, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Operations to scale solutions.

Skills

React/TypeScript

Go

AWS

Full stack

AI-assisted

Leadership

Communication

Payments (nice to have)

Education

CS/Engineering degree or related field

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

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

Remitly Business helps small businesses pay contractors, freelancers, suppliers, and employees in 175+ countries: with transparent pricing, no subscriptions, and the same delivery guarantee our consumer customers rely on. It is one of Remitly's fastest-growing lines of business, live across North America and 23 EU countries, and the product surface is still being defined.

We're hiring Full-Stack Software Development Engineers to join Remitly Business Engineering in Burnaby. You'll build the experiences that bring businesses onto Remitly and keep them sending: onboarding and business verification (KYB), the send flows, payment requests and receive, and the reporting businesses need to run their books. You'll own features end to end: Go services on the backend, a TypeScript GraphQL layer in the middle, and React / React Native on the front, and you’ll ship to production your code often.

This is an AI-native team. We work spec-first: acceptance criteria and tests are written before implementation, coding agents do much of the construction, and engineers spend their time on design judgment, verification, and the product calls an agent can't make. You'll be expected to use tools like Claude Code and Cursor as part of your daily practice, to be skeptical of what they produce, and to help the team get better at using them.

We are open to both intermediate level (SDE2) and senior level (SDE3) candidates for this position.

You Will

• Design and ship full stack features end to end — from React frontends to backend services, APIs, and data — breaking complex work into parallel workstreams and driving it from design through launch.
• Use modern AI-assisted and spec-driven development to move faster, while owning the architecture, correctness, and quality that tooling cannot guarantee on its own.
• Set the technical standard with systems that are well-tested, resilient, extensible, and scalable, and that make it easy for others to contribute.
• Build for money movement at scale, delivering idempotent, observable flows with correct ledgering, reconciliation, and compliance gating.
• Uphold our Foundational Excellence standards for security, reliability, and observability, resolving risks before they become incidents.
• Develop and deliver short- and long-term roadmaps, making tradeoffs across priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
• Mentor and grow the team through code, design, and architecture reviews, and represent Remitly's values and technical bar in interviews.
• Collaborate with partners across Product, Design, Analytics, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Operations to turn customer needs into scalable solutions.

You Have

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of engineering experience in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
• Experience as a full stack engineer with React/TypeScript and Go.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, performant software on cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS).
• Experience leading engineers on large features in partnership with Product Management and other stakeholders — breaking work into workstreams, estimating timelines, and coaching through reviews and retrospectives.
• Comfort with, or strong enthusiasm for, AI-assisted development tools as a force multiplier.
• Clear, objective written and in-person communication, including the ability to articulate technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Nice to have: experience in payments, fintech, or money movement.

Compensation Details.

The starting base salary range for this position is $124,000 to $150,000 CAD for an intermediate level candidate and $152,000 to $190,000 CAD for a senior level candidate. 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.

Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. 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.