Senior AI Native Software Engineer

About the Role
As a Senior AI Native Software Engineer, you will build customer‑facing products, internal tools, and workflow automations by directing AI agents to accelerate software development. You will operate as a hands‑on builder who starts from a customer or operational problem, translates it into clear specifications, orchestrates AI tools to produce robust solutions, and ensures what ships meets Remitly's standards for security, privacy, reliability, and quality.

In this role, you are expected to independently drive ambiguous problem spaces, shape technical patterns for the team, and raise the overall effectiveness of AI‑native software development. You will also help define best practices for prompt design, agent orchestration, evaluation, and the responsible adoption of AI‑native development workflows.

You Will

Build and ship complete applications, workflow automations, and AI‑powered tools within your team's product area using AI coding agents and related development tooling

Translate ambiguous customer and business needs into structured requirements, technical plans, and production‑ready solutions

Own delivery from concept through deployment, including architecture, implementation, instrumentation, testing, rollout, and iteration

Evaluate AI‑generated code and artifacts against Remitly's standards for security, privacy, reliability, maintainability, and product quality before shipping

Partner across engineering, product, design, data, and platform teams to deliver scalable end‑to‑end solutions

Use metrics and analytics to assess adoption, quality, and business outcomes, and drive iterative improvements based on data

Mentor other engineers in AI‑native development practices and contribute reusable approaches, documentation, and team standards

You Have

8+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production systems, products, or platforms

1+ years of demonstrated proficiency using AI coding agents or similar generative AI development tools for end‑to‑end application delivery

Strong ability to decompose problems, write effective prompts, evaluate outputs critically, and iterate until solutions meet quality expectations

Solid understanding of full‑stack application development, including frontend, backend, APIs, data stores, and cloud infrastructure

Experience with common architectural patterns such as web applications, service‑oriented systems, databases, queues, and event‑driven workflows

Strong product sense and the ability to connect customer problems to practical, high‑impact technical solutions

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with sound judgment around secure and responsible software delivery.

Compensation Details
The starting base salary range for this position is $152,000 - $190,000. In Canada, 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

Four weeks vacation

Health Benefits

Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits

RRSP plan with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Life Insurance & Disability

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.

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