Senior Software Development Engineer

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   Become a product expert and influence key decisions that shape the charters you work in.
Build features that hundreds of thousands of customers use every day.
Your day-to-day work will have a direct impact on our customers and business.
Report to the Senior Engineering Manager in Vancouver.
Design and build backend services that power verification and risk controls used across Remitly.
Ship reliable, observable, and scalable systems that meet strict availability and latency SLOs for customer-facing flows.
Partner with Product, Risk, and Compliance to translate regulatory and operational requirements into robust technical solutions.
Own services end-to-end: architecture, implementation, testing, on-call, and continuous improvement.
Improve platform primitives for feature gating, configuration, experimentation, and data quality.
Contribute to engineering excellence through design reviews, documentation, and operational runbooks.
Lead technical discussions, provide mentorship to junior engineers, and advocate for best practices in coding, testing, and system design.
Contribute to the evolution of the Trust Platform.
You Have   Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
8+ years of backend services development and domain ownership.
Expertise in one of the following programming languages:
Kotlin, Java, Go, C#, Python, Ruby, JavaScript.
Comfortable dealing with a large amount of ambiguity.
Experience working directly with product and cross-team stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Experience owning and operating systems end-to-end.
Experience building, shipping, and maintaining software.
Passion for cross-team collaboration.
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 provide more information about the medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components associated 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
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 consistent, meaningful overlap that supports team norms and business needs. Managers also have the flexibility to set…