Software Development Engineer I- IHUB

Remitly; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Health, dental, vision + 401k

Paid parental leave

Mental health benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Continuing education

Job summary

Remitly is hiring an SDE I to help scale our funding and disbursement processing across global regions. You will develop features to expand our pay-in and pay-out networks and contribute to the AI-forward engineering culture.

You will work with teams worldwide, mentor peers, and help deliver scalable, secure solutions while aligning with product needs and company standards. Equity is part of total compensation, with onsite expectations.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop new partner integrations for pay-in and pay-out networks across 170+ countries.
• Use AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery and ensure correctness, security, and maintainability.
• Deliver well-tested, observable, documented, efficient, scalable, and resilient solutions.
• Participate in interviewing, code reviewing, mentoring, and ramping new hires.
• Partner with PM to break down tasks, provide estimates, and discuss tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with Operations teams globally to provide technical recommendations to customer-facing problems.
• Represent the company and our engineering team to global partners.
• Become an expert with the team’s tech stack and cloud-based architecture.
• Write technical specifications and participate in design reviews.
• Mentor peers and promote best practices and technical excellence.
• Support the engineering manager in shaping technical direction and roadmap.

Skills

Java

GoLang

MySQL

DynamoDB

Prometheus

VictoriaMetrics

AWS

AI tools

System design

Communication

Education

CS/Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Prometheus

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 an SDE 1 to join Remitly and help scale our funding and disbursement processing across our vast operational regions while working and collaborating with teams across the company. As an SDE 1, you will bring exciting features to our customers by contributing to the expansion of our pay-in and pay-out networks globally. You will help build against a backlog of features designed to expand our Global Network powering all of Remitly's product offerings in creative ways. You'll work in an AI-forward engineering culture. We expect engineers to leverage AI tools effectively across coding, testing, debugging, and documentation to move faster, while owning the correctness of everything they ship.

You Will:

• Develop 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.
• Participate in interviewing, code reviewing, mentoring, and ramping new hires.
• Partner with PM to break down tasks, provide estimates, and discuss tradeoffs
• 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
• Become an expert with tools, programming languages, and engineering processes used within the team in a scalable cloud-based architecture
• Write technical specifications and participate in design reviews
• Mentor, promote best practices, and push for technical excellence across the company
• Partner with your engineering manager and promote the technical direction and roadmap

You Have:

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of building, shipping, and maintaining consumer software products
• 1+ years working with services deployed on a commercial cloud provider like AWS
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate code construction, testing, and documentation in a production environment
• General experience migrating legacy services into modernized architecture
• Proficiency in Java, GoLang, or other general purposes languages
• Proficiency in working with large-scale database systems like MySQL, DynamoDB
• Proficiency in working with monitoring systems such as Prometheus and VictoriaMetrics
• General knowledge of technical architecture and system design concepts
• 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 $124,000-$155,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan.

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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. For corporate team members, we have an in-office expectation of at least 50% of the time monthly, typically achieved by coming in three days a week. This creates a consistent, meaningful overlap that supports team norms and business needs. Managers also have the flexibi