Senior Software Development Engineer

Job Description:

Remitly’s vision is to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Since 2011, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises to people who send money around the world. Today, we are reimagining global financial services and building products that extend beyond traditional barriers to give customers access to more of the services they need, no matter where they call home. Join over 2,700 employees worldwide who are growing their careers with purpose and connection with our customers while having a positive impact on millions of people around the globe.

About the Role:

The Fraud Prevention team builds and operates essential Tier-1 services that prevent tens of millions of dollars in financial losses each year. Fraud owns low-latency risk detection platforms, identity verification experiences, and everything in between. We are now hiring a senior software engineer to help drive impactful system changes such as: self-service features for risk detection, account security products (e.g. risk-based MFA), and in-product identity verifications (e.g. card scanning, ID photo upload). As a senior software engineer on the team you'll work with partner teams and product management to build new products, lead internal and cross-team projects that drive company wide improvements, and lay the technical foundation for years to come. This will be a full stack role with 70-80% of work on the backend and 20-30% on the frontend. This role is based in Seattle, WA and will report to the Engineering Manager of the Risk Team.

You Will:

• Own and shape areas of our technology, both backend and front end, to bring business-critical features to our customers
• You'll design, build and maintain new scalable, distributed services in Kotlin or Go using technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), RDS, Dynamo, Neptune Graph DB, Queues, Streams and more.
• You'll build and maintain front-end systems using technologies such as React, React Native
• You'll set the standard for engineering excellence with design, quality and long-term code maintainability within the team.
• You'll break down large projects into milestones and stories that can be accomplished by more junior engineers.
• You'll mentor more junior engineers, growing their autonomy and careers.

You Have:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a software developer.
• Experience building and owning scalable services and distributed systems.
• Experience driving technical designs within a team.
• Experience in one or more general purpose programming languages like Kotlin or Go.
• Experience or open to front-end work in any language/framework (eg. typescript, react, react-native).
• Experience mentoring other engineers.

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $184,000-$225,000. In the U.S., 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.

Our Benefits:

• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision benefits + 401k plan with company matching
• Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave.
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Continuing education and corridor travel benefits

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 E-Verify Employer

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