Senior Software Development Engineer- IHUB

Remitly, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Comprehensive Benefits

Parental Leave

Mental Health Benefits

ESPP

Education Support

Job summary

Remitly is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer to scale funding and disbursement processing globally. You will own feature delivery across pay-in/pay-out networks, driving AI-assisted development in a cloud-based architecture, and mentoring engineers while maintaining high scalability and reliability.

Expect collaboration with global teams and a strong emphasis on secure, observable services. Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in consumer software, 2+ years on AWS, leadership experience,

Qualifications

• 6+ years building consumer software products.
• 2+ years with services deployed on AWS.
• 1+ year leading features with multiple engineers.
• Experience migrating legacy services into modernized architecture.
• Payments/Fintech experience is a bonus.
• Clear and objective writing and communication.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate code construction, testing and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of new partner integrations for pay-in/pay-out networks.
• Leverage AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery and ensure correctness, security and maintainability.
• Deliver well-tested, observable, documented, scalable, and resilient solutions.
• Own the operational health of services including on-call, SLOs and incident response.
• Interview candidates and mentor new hires via code reviews and ramp-up.
• Drive task breakdown, estimates and tradeoffs with PMs and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with global Operations to address customer-facing problems.

Skills

Java

GoLang

AWS

AI-assisted development

System design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Prometheus

VictoriaMetrics

MySQL

DynamoDB

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:

The IHUB team is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to join Remitly and drive the scaling of our funding and disbursement processing across our vast operational regions while collaborating with teams across the company. In this role, you will own the delivery of features that expand our pay-in and pay-out networks globally, leading work against a backlog designed to expand our Global Network that powers all of Remitly's product offerings in creative ways. You'll work in an AI-forward engineering culture: we expect engineers to use AI tools across coding, testing, debugging, and documentation to move faster while managing the correctness of everything they ship.

You Will:

• Own the design and delivery of new partner integrations for our pay-in and pay-out networks, with the possibility of working with partners that support money movements for over 170 countries and growing
• Use AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery, factoring it into your estimates and verifying AI-generated output meets the team's bar for correctness, security, and maintainability
• Deliver well-tested, observable, documented, efficient, scalable, and resilient solutions.
• Own the operational health of your services, including on-call, SLOs, and incident response
• Interview candidates and mentor new hires through code review and ramp-up.
• Drive task breakdown, estimates, and tradeoff discussions in partnership with PM
• Partner with Operations team members across the globe to provide technical recommendations to customer-facing problems
• Work with partners around the globe and be a representative of the company and our engineering team to our global partners
• Be the go-to expert with tools, programming languages, and engineering processes used within the team in a scalable cloud-based architecture
• Write technical specifications and lead design reviews.
• Promote best practices and push for technical excellence across the company
• Partner with your manager to shape the technical direction and roadmap.

You Have:

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of building, shipping, and maintaining consumer software products
• 2+ years working with services deployed on a commercial cloud provider like AWS
• 1+ year leading features with multiple engineers
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate code construction, testing, and documentation in a production environment
• General experience migrating legacy services into modernized architecture
• Expertise in Java, GoLang, or other general purposes languages
• Expertise in working with large-scale database systems like MySQL, DynamoDB
• Expertise in working with monitoring systems such as Prometheus and VictoriaMetrics
• Experience in technical architecture and system design decisions
• Clear and objective writing and in-person communication
• A desire for learning new technologies and systems
• Payments/Fintech experience - added bonus!

Compensation Details.

The starting base salary range for this position is typically $180,000-$225,000. In the U.S., 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:

• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
• Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Continuing education

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 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.