Senior Software Engineer

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 USA Regional Experiences team’s mission is to grow the US remittance send business by improving the customer experience across the moments that matter most - onboarding, payment, and disbursement. As an engineer on the team, you'll apply your front-end-leaning, full-stack skillset to the customer challenges that matter most for growing Remitly's USA business - delighting the customer segments most critical to that growth. Your work will directly improve the lives of immigrants and their families sending money from the United States while helping build the next generation of trusted, borderless financial services.

You Will:

• Partner with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to gather requirements and deliver scalable, high-quality software solutions with a customer-centric mindset.

• Lead team projects to design and build solutions for ambiguous and difficult problems spanning multiple technologies (TypeScript, React Native, Java/Kotlin, Go) and systems, dividing features into components and tasks that can be worked in parallel for timely delivery.

• Pioneer the team's use of modern AI-powered development tools to deliver faster while maintaining quality and security standards.

• Champion engineering best practices by delivering well-tested, observable, well-documented, efficient, scalable, and resilient systems.

• Drive improvements to team processes and shape cross-team technical designs.

• Foster team growth by mentoring peers, conducting code reviews, participating in interviews, and supporting onboarding efforts.

• Take part in an on-call rotation to ensure the reliability and support of the team's services.

• Report to the Engineering Manager of the USA Regional Experiences team.

You have:

• Strong computer science, web, and native app fundamentals, and knowledge of design patterns.

• 6+ years of software development experience.

• Experience using AI throughout the software development lifecycle.

• 3+ years of React or React Native development experience.

• Expertise in one of the following programming languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java, Go.

• Excellent collaboration skills.

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 and travel benefits

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.