Senior Software Development Engineer, WARP

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.

The Wallet Product Risk team is dedicated to developing risk management controls—such as fraud prevention features—while delivering an industry-leading customer experience for our wallet and wallet adjacent products. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying essential fraud control systems across multiple platforms. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners in product, program management, data engineering, and engineering to simplify complexity, deliver high-quality, scalable systems, and speed up the rollout of impactful features.

• Partner with product managers, program managers, analysts, and engineers to gather requirements and deliver scalable, high-quality software solutions.
• Design and build solutions for complex, ambiguous challenges that span multiple technologies and systems (Go, Java/Kotlin, Type Script, React Native, AWS).
• Champion engineering best practices by delivering well-tested, observable, well-documented, efficient, scalable, and resilient systems. Contribute to improving team processes and shaping 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.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience writing production-grade code and delivering robust, scalable software solutions.
• A strong background in modern distributed system architecture, including experience with cloud platforms, message brokers, and various database technologies.
• Proficiency in at least one high-level programming language such as Go, Java/Kotlin, Python, or Type Script.
• A proactive, analytical mindset with a passion for solving complex problems and continuously improving systems and workflows.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including mentoring, influencing technical direction, and collaborating with cross-functional and global teams.
• A strong commitment to code quality, supported by experience with testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences.

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.

• Four weeks vacation
• Health Benefits
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• RRSP…