Staff SDE: Builder Platform & AI‑Driven DevTools

Remitly, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Remitly, Inc. is seeking a Senior or Staff Software Development Engineer to shape the Builder Experience across CI/CD, IDP, and developer tooling. You will design and operate platforms used by every engineering team and own reliability, security, and compliance across the stack.

You will mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, and collaborate with Security, Compliance, and Infrastructure to meet strict regulatory requirements in a global fintech context. Hybrid in Seattle, WA.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 2–3 years in Builder/tools or cloud infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in Go, Python, or TypeScript and hands-on CI/CD, source control, or internal developer platforms.
• Experience leading design reviews and breaking large initiatives into workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate the platforms powering Remitly's software delivery lifecycle (CI/CD, IDP, source control, release infrastructure).
• Own reliability for teams systems, including on-call ownership and root-cause analysis.
• Extend tooling and guardrails for all Builders (engineers, PMs, designers, data analysts) to ship safely in a regulated environment.
• Shape the use of AI in Remitly's development lifecycle and define standards for AI-assisted contributions.
• Lead team design reviews and plan workstreams, factoring AI into estimation and capacity planning.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance as the platform owner for security, privacy, and quality.
• Mentor engineers, participate in hiring, and raise the technical bar across Builder Platform work.
• Stay current on best practices and apply them to keep Builder Experience ahead of Remitly's tech stack.

Skills

Go

Python

TypeScript

CI/CD

Source control

Cloud infrastructure

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

Remitly, Inc. is seeking a Senior or Staff Software Development Engineer to shape the Builder Experience across CI/CD, IDP, and developer tooling. You will design and operate platforms used by every engineering team and own reliability, security, and compliance across the stack.

You will mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, and collaborate with Security, Compliance, and Infrastructure to meet strict regulatory requirements in a global fintech context. Hybrid in Seattle, WA.