Principal Architect – Global Payments Platform

Remitly; United States; Hybrid; USD 240.000 - 300.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible paid time off

Health, dental, vision + 401k plan

Parental, medical, military and family

Mental Health & Family Forming

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Continuing education and travel

Zusammenfassung

Remitly is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of next‑generation distributed platforms powering our cross‑border payments at global scale. Hybrid work up to 3 days/week in the Seattle area with manager approval.

You will shape multi-year roadmaps, mentor engineers, and drive high-impact initiatives across product and engineering teams. The role requires deep distributed systems expertise, Java or Python, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, and

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in CS, CE, IS or related field with 5+ years in software design and delivery.
• 3+ years developing distributed systems with fault-tolerance, availability, and scalability.
• 3+ years leading design and implementation across multiple workstreams.
• 3+ years driving long-term technical strategy and roadmaps.
• 3+ years using Java or Python to build production software.
• 3+ years designing APIs and microservices for distributed systems.
• 3+ years with AWS core services (S3, SQS, SNS).
• 3+ years with Docker and Kubernetes; Spring framework.
• 3+ years with relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB) and data warehousing (Redshift).
• 3+ years building streaming/event-driven architectures with Kafka/Kinesis.

Aufgaben

• Architect and implement scalable, reliable payment systems across global markets.
• Influence multi-year roadmaps balancing near-term deliverables with long-term scalability.
• Provide technical leadership on cross-team initiatives involving distributed systems and large-scale data processing.
• Set and communicate the technical vision for Remitly's payment platforms with product, compliance and engineering teams.

Kenntnisse

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Java

Python

APIs & microservices

AWS

Docker & Kubernetes

Spring

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Kafka/Kinesis

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IS or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Spring

AWS services (S3/SQS/SNS)

MySQL/PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Redshift

Kafka

Kinesis

Jobbeschreibung

Remitly is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of next‑generation distributed platforms powering our cross‑border payments at global scale. Hybrid work up to 3 days/week in the Seattle area with manager approval.

You will shape multi-year roadmaps, mentor engineers, and drive high-impact initiatives across product and engineering teams. The role requires deep distributed systems expertise, Java or Python, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, and