Principal Architect, Receiver Financial Services

Remitly; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with company matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid parental leave

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Remitly is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Receiver Products in Seattle. You will architect and build backend services enabling receivers to save and spend funds in their home countries, with emphasis on reliability, security, and scale.

You will define APIs, data models, and drive end-to-end technical decisions. You will mentor engineers, influence architectural standards, collaborate with product, design, compliance, and business partners, and own cross-team delivery for a

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Deep experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
• Strong security and regulatory compliance sensibility in fintech/payments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build receiver financial services end-to-end.
• Define APIs, data models, and architectural standards.
• Mentor engineers and drive RFCs/ADRs with cross-functional partners.
• Establish SLOs, incident response, and reliability practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Security & compliance

Leadership without authority

Communication skills

Tools

RESTful APIs

Event-driven architectures

Relational databases

Job description

Remitly is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Receiver Products in Seattle. You will architect and build backend services enabling receivers to save and spend funds in their home countries, with emphasis on reliability, security, and scale.

You will define APIs, data models, and drive end-to-end technical decisions. You will mentor engineers, influence architectural standards, collaborate with product, design, compliance, and business partners, and own cross-team delivery for a