Staff Software Engineer, Remitly
Trust Platform
CA$172-215k
+ Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Office located in New Westminster, BC
International payments company
Job no longer available
International payments company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$172-215k
+ Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Office located in New Westminster, BC
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or staff-level role
- Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale, with strong fundamentals in system design, data modeling, and performance optimization
- Deep knowledge of backend technologies (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, or similar), data processing frameworks, and service-oriented architecture
- Experience with setting technical direction and leading large, cross-team engineering initiatives
- Experience with observability, reliability engineering, and ensuring high availability in mission-critical systems
What the job involves
- The Trust Platform team builds and maintains the systems that orchestrate fraud detection, identity verification, and regulatory reporting across all Remitly products
- Our mission is to keep customers safe and Remitly compliant while enabling fast, reliable, and user friendly identity verification
- As a Staff Engineer on Trust Platform, you will provide technical leadership across multiple domains, shaping the architecture and evolution of systems that are foundational to Remitly's business
- You will drive initiatives that improve KYC/identity verification, regulatory screening, and compliance reporting, while ensuring these services are scalable, fault-tolerant, and reusable across product lines
- You will partner with engineering managers, product, and analytics leaders to set long-term technical direction, make build-vs-buy tradeoffs, and define standards for reliability, observability, and security
- You'll mentor engineers across the org, raising the technical bar and ensuring the platform can meet rapidly evolving fraud and compliance challenges worldwide
- You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Trust Orchestration Platform
- Lead the design and evolution of core Trust Platform services
- Set architectural strategy
- Partner with cross-functional teams to align business, regulatory, and technical priorities
- Mentor engineers, guiding technical decisions and elevating engineering quality across the org
- Influence company-wide initiatives by bringing deep domain expertise in fraud and identity verification systems
Our take
Since its inception in 2011, Remitly has focussed on helping immigrants to send money across the world faster, cheaper and easier. The company has grown exponentially since then and now operates across multiple continents. Remitly put down most of its success on putting its customers first.
The emergence of digital banks with low transaction fees cross-country has increased competition in a space where Remitly was dominant for many years. The company must continue to innovate its product to ensure it is the go-to place for these types of payments.
That said, Remitly continues to partner with exciting companies and improve their service for loyal customers. The company is setting its sights beyond its core remittance service, such as through the introduction of Passbook, an app that allows customers to access digital banking through a partner bank.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Jul 2020
$85m
LATE VC
Jul 2019
$135m
SERIES E
Total funding: $435.8m
Company benefits
- Spend up to $1,000 per year on costs related to continuing education or on travel to countries Remitly serves, allowing you to gain insights to our customer’s journeys
- All of our office spaces offer our employees a place to collaborate and celebrate. With locally sourced artwork and vibrant designs, they create an environment that all can enjoy
- Fill your cup up outside of work and take advantage of our generous paid time off policies, leave policies, and flex working hours to ensure you are able to meet the demands of life outside of work
- Tap into the learning routines, resources and affinity groups Remitly provides to help you further your own DEI journey
- Contribute to the communities we serve through volunteering, employee giving, or civic advocacy
- Remitly provides rich benefit plans intended to cover the needs of our diverse teammates
Company HQ
Central Business District, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Matt Oppenheimer
(CEO & Co-Founder)After completing an M.B.A from Harvard Business School he worked as a Director for Barclays before founding Remitly in 2011.
Josh Hug
(Vice Chair & Co-Founder)He was a Director at Real Networks for 7 years before co-founding Shelfari, which was acquired by Amazon as he stayed onboard to run it as CEO.
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