Senior Software Engineer, Decision Intelligence Platform

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

Job summary

Remitly, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the Decision Intelligence Platform, working at the intersection of backend systems, data platforms, internal tools, and developer experience.

You will build foundations that enable safe code launches, accurate impact measurement, standardized metrics, and self-serve, reliable platform capabilities for the entire company. You will collaborate with business teams, product managers, data scientists, analysts, and engineers to deliver

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing production applications, ideally in Go, Java, Kotlin, or Python.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems or internal platforms with high reliability needs.
• Experience with experimentation, feature management, metrics platforms, semantic layers, or analytics infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services that power experimentation, feature flag management, and decision intelligence workflows at scale.
• Develop core platform capabilities for metrics definitions, semantic layers, and trusted business review tooling.
• Partner closely with business, product managers, data scientists, analysts, and engineers to deliver end-to-end platform solutions.
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and usability, with a focus on self-service workflows and data quality.
• Help shape the long-term architecture for experimentation, measurement, and decision-support systems across Remitly.

Skills

Go/Java/Kotlin/Python

Distributed systems

Experimentation/metrics

Cloud data pipelines

Cross-functional collaboration

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:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape Remitly's Decision Intelligence Platform: the core set of capabilities that power experimentation, feature flag management, metrics and semantic definitions, business review tooling, and trusted decision-making across the company. This role sits at the intersection of backend systems, data platforms, internal tools, and developer experience. You will build the foundations that allow teams to launch changes safely, measure impact accurately, standardize critical metrics, and operationalize decision-making through self-serve and reliable platform capabilities. This is a high-leverage platform role with company-wide impact. You will partner closely with business, product managers, data scientists, analysts, and AI / ML practitioners to build scalable, reliable, and intuitive systems that accelerate innovation while raising the bar on correctness, usability, and operational excellence.

You Will:

• Design and build backend services that power experimentation, feature flag management, and decision intelligence workflows at scale.
• Develop core platform capabilities for metrics definitions, semantic layers, and trusted business review tooling.
• Partner closely with business, product managers, data scientists, analysts, and engineers to deliver end-to-end platform solutions.
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and usability, with a focus on self-service workflows and data quality.
• Help shape the long-term architecture for experimentation, measurement, and decision-support systems across Remitly.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience developing production applications, ideally in Go, Java, Kotlin, or Python.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems or internal platforms with high reliability needs.
• Experience with experimentation, feature management, metrics platforms, semantic layers, or analytics infrastructure.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, data pipelines, event-driven systems, and modern storage and compute architectures.
• Cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to build platform abstractions that are intuitive and scalable.

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 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.