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About this Senior Software Development Engineer role at Remitly

Remitly · Onsite · Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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:

Remitly's Trust Platform powers secure, reliable, and compliant money movement at a global scale. The Trust Orchestration team builds core capabilities that protect our customers, reduce fraud and abuse, and enable fast, seamless verification experiences across Remitly products. You will become a product expert and have the opportunity to influence key decisions that shape the charters you work in. You will 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. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager in Vancouver.

You will

  • 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 higher expectations based on their team's specific needs. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

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.

We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman's potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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How this Software Engineer salary compares

This role pays $171,000/yrabove the typical range for Software Engineer roles.

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Typical range $123,128–$171,000/yr, from 22 comparable Software Engineer listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Software Engineer salary insights →

About Remitly

Remitly is a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world. Remitly helps immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner. Its digitally-native, cross-border remittance app eliminates the long wait times, complexities and fees typical of traditional remittance processes. Building on its strong foundation, Remitly is expanding its suite of products to further its mission and transform financial services for immigrants all around the world. Search For Jobs Click here to find additional opportunities at Remitly!

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