Remitly
We provide trusted digital financial services to our customers and recipients in over 170 countries across the globe.
Seattle, WA

Technical Lead, Fraud Risk Systems

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At Remitly, we help immigrant communities around the world send over $6 billion a year to their loved ones. Sending money is faster, easier, and costs less with our all-digital money transfer platform. Our vision is to transform the lives of immigrants and their families by providing the most trusted financial service products on the planet. At Remitly, your work has a direct and positive impact on people around the globe. Your work matters, every day.

We’re looking for an engineering leader to help us build an industry leading fraud prevention program. In this role, you’ll manage an engineering team focused on a broad set of initiatives to combat fraud, while creating a seamless customer experience in the process.

What will your experience on the team be like?

  • You’ll be part of, and oversee an early-stage team of experienced developers.
  • We run on modern technology stacks, relying on AWS offerings, automated testing, monitoring, and mature deployment infrastructure.
  • Our team is resourced and focused on identifying and building new systems from the ground up to address fraud risk, which is a core part of Remitly’s strategy.
  • We aim for quality software as a starting point and believe that work-life balance is required to make this happen.

Some examples of things you’ll work on:

  • Build and adapt Graph Database network analysis system to find bad actors with related accounts
  • Investigation tools used by our global workforce to review transactions
  • Researching and deploying new technologies to improve up-time and reduce latency
  • Machine-learning infrastructure used to train and deploy models

What do we need from you?

  • A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of engineering experience with at least 1 year leading teams
  • Experience defining and influencing technical designs and processes across a team spanning multiple disciples from web application development to data engineering and machine learning
  • A deep understanding of software development practices, system design, software design patterns, and algorithms
  • Expertise in one or more general-purpose languages like Java, JavaScript, Go, PHP, Python, or Ruby
  • Strong ability to mentor and influence other engineers
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Who We Are:

Remitly is an independent digital remittance company that transfers over $6 billion in annualized volume through its proprietary global money transfer network across Africa, Asia, Central, and South America. Its reliable and easy-to-use mobile app makes the process of sending money faster, easier, more transparent and less costly by eliminating the forms, codes, agents, extra time and fees typical of the traditional, century-old money transfer process. Remitly is backed by industry-leading investors, World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC), Naspers' PayU, Silicon Valley Bank, Stripes Group, DFJ, DN Capital, QED Investors, Trilogy Equity Partners, Bezos Expeditions, Founders' Co-Op, and TomorrowVentures. The company is headquartered in Seattle, with additional offices in London, the Philippines, and Nicaragua. For more information, visit remitly.com.

Remitly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals seeking employment at Remitly are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Remitly is an eVerify Employer.

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What are Remitly Perks + Benefits

Culture
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee-led culture committees
Quarterly engagement surveys
Flexible work schedule
Remitly offers a flexible schedule outside of core hours, designed for parents in mind.
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Remitly's executive leadership is as diverse as our staff, and our Director of Diversity & Inclusion is focused on continuous improvement of our D&I initiatives.
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
At Remitly, our nine affinity groups are open membership - any employee who self-identifies, self-affiliates, or is an aspiring ally who wants to connect, learn, and share is welcome to join!
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Remitly partners with Modern Health to provide enhanced employee benefits that support a holistic approach to employees' well-being. This includes sessions with licensed therapists for clinical needs.
Wellness days
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Employee stock purchase plan
Remitly offers the opportunity to purchase stock options through its Equity Incentive Plan.
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Remitly offers up to 12 weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave for new parents.
Family medical leave
Company sponsored family events
Remitly sponsors family-oriented events semi-annually (e.g., holiday party and company picnic).
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid holidays
Flexible time off
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
All King County-based employees receive the ORCA Card transportation benefit on day one. The ORCA Card can be used on all regular buses, Regional Rail, and a few other modes of transportation.
Company-sponsored outings
Remitly has regular paid team outings, as well as company-wide annual holiday parties and other events, for all employees and a guest.
Free snacks and drinks
Remitly has a fully stocked kitchen including unlimited snacks, coffee, tea and all the flavored Bevi water you can handle.
Some meals provided
Remitly provides a weekly catered lunch on Thursdays.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Virtual happy hours are hosted At team's discretion.
Onsite office parking
We offer employees a parking subsidy in the building's below-ground garage.
Relocation assistance
Mother's room
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Remitly hosts lunch and learn meetings on occasion.
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Remitly allows employees to set aside 8 hours of designated learning and development time, per employee, per month.
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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