Senior Software Engineer, Globalization

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Health, dental, vision

401k with company matching

ESPP

Continuing education

Parental, medical, military and family

Job summary

Remitly, Inc. in Seattle seeks a senior i18n engineer to drive the internationalization roadmap and deliver complex localization features across our product suite.

You will build AI-powered translation tooling, standardize i18n frameworks, and partner with Localization, Product, Design, Legal, Marketing, and Engineering to launch globally. Mentorship and RTL/bidirectional support are part of the role, with hybrid onsite expectations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development including hands-on i18n/l10n engineering and delivering complex features.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript (React/React Native) and backend skills (Go/Java/Kotlin/Python) or quick stack adaptation.
• Experience applying AI/LLMs in production with balance between automation and human review.
• Knowledge of Unicode, ICU/CLDR, locale-aware formatting, and resource file formats.
• Track record building or scaling localization systems and translation pipelines.
• Clear communication across functions and ability to teach i18n importance.

Responsibilities

• Own complex, team-level projects end to end from requirements to delivery.
• Set the technical roadmap for internationalization engineering for growth and scalability.
• Drive AI-powered translation tooling and governance layers with quality standards as content scales.
• Collaborate with Localization, Product, Design, Legal, Marketing, and Engineering to implement i18n early and adopt shared standards.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, interviews, and onboarding.
• Build and operate translation pipelines and i18n tooling integrated with TMS and CI/CD.

Skills

i18n engineering

React/JS

Go/Java/Python

AI/LLMs in prod

Unicode/ICU CLDR

Localization systems

Cross-functional comms

Tools

Lokalise

Transifex

XLIFF

Job description

About Remitly

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

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

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

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

About Remitly

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.