Senior Software Engineer, Globalization

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan

Paid parental, medical, military and f

Job summary

Remitly in Seattle, WA is seeking an experienced engineering leader for our Global Experience Platform to own i18n infrastructure and AI-powered translation tooling. You will define the technical roadmap, deliver complex features end-to-end, and mentor engineers through reviews and onboarding.

You will partner with Localization, Product, Design and Legal to ship globally ready experiences in 18+ languages across 175+ countries, raising quality and consistency for customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development with hands-on i18n/l10n engineering and leading delivery of complex features.
• TypeScript/JavaScript (including React or React Native) and a backend language such as Go, Java, Kotlin, or Python, or equivalent; quick to pick up new stacks.
• Experience applying AI/LLMs in production with good judgement on automation vs human review.
• Working knowledge of Unicode, ICU/CLDR, locale-aware formatting, and resource file formats.
• Track record building or scaling localization systems and translation pipelines.
• Clear cross-functional communication and ability to teach teams why i18n matters.

Responsibilities

• Own complex, team-level projects end to end: clarify requirements, break work into tasks, guide teammates to on-time delivery.
• Establish the technical roadmap for internationalization engineering balancing near-term launches with long-term scalability.
• Drive build-or-buy decisions for AI-powered translation orchestration and governance, setting quality standards as AI scales content.
• Partner with Localization, Product, Design, Legal, Marketing and Engineering to build i18n in early stages and adopt shared standards.
• Mentor engineers through code/design reviews, interviews, and onboarding.
• Build AI/LLM-powered translation tooling and integrate into production localization pipelines.
• Expand language coverage, including right-to-left support and transliteration tooling.

Skills

TypeScript/JavaScript

React/React Native

Go

Java

Kotlin

Python

AI/LLMs in production

Unicode/ICU/CLDR

Localization systems

Communication across teams

Tools

Lokalise

Phrase

Smartling

Transifex

XLIFF

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.

About the role:

Remitly's Global Experience Platform team makes our products globally ready by design. We build the internationalization (i18n) infrastructure, translation pipelines, and AI-powered tooling that let every customer experience Remitly as locally made, whatever their language, script, or locale. Your work will reach millions of customers across 18+ languages and 175+ countries, many of them immigrants supporting family back home. You'll help Remitly launch new countries and languages faster and raise the quality of localized experiences in the markets we already serve, working as an equal partner with our Localization team.

You Will

• Own complex, team-level projects end to end: clarify requirements, break work into parallel tasks, and guide teammates to on-time delivery.
• Establish the technical roadmap for internationalization engineering, balancing near-term market launches with long-term scalability.
• Drive the build-or-buy recommendation for an AI-powered translation orchestration and governance layer, and set quality standards that hold as AI scales content.
• Partner with Localization, Product, Design, Legal, Marketing, and engineering teams to build i18n in early and adopt shared standards.
• Mentor engineers through code and design reviews, interviews, and onboarding.

Engineering delivery

• Build AI/LLM-powered translation tooling: evaluate models, design quality guardrails, and integrate them into production localization pipelines.
• Build and operate translation pipelines and i18n tooling integrated with our TMS and CI/CD, including text extraction, locale-specific rendering, and pseudo-locale testing.
• Standardize i18n frameworks across frontend and backend for date/time, currency, pluralization, and message formatting, with static analysis that catches defects before release.
• Fix the legacy code behind recurring translation bugs.
• Expand language coverage: right-to-left and bidirectional support, and transliteration tooling for accurate customer identity matching across scripts.

You Have

• 6+ years of software development, including hands-on i18n/l10n engineering and leading delivery of complex features.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript (including React or React Native) plus a backend language such as Go, Java, Kotlin, or Python; or a comparable ecosystem and a track record of picking up new stacks quickly.
• Experience applying AI/LLMs in production, with sound judgment about where automation should and shouldn't replace human review, and using AI tools across the development lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of Unicode, ICU/CLDR, locale-aware formatting, and resource file formats.
• A track record of building or scaling localization systems and translation pipelines.
• Clear communication across functions and the ability to teach teams why i18n matters.

Nice to have

• Shipped RTL/bidirectional language support in production.
• Experience with localizability audits and pseudo-locale validation.
• Hands-on TMS experience (Lokalise, Phrase, Smartling, Transifex) and XLIFF.
• Fintech, remittance, or other regulated-industry experience.

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.