Remitly
Financial Services
PrincipalSoftwareEngineer,ReceiverProducts
“Principal Software Engineer, Receiver Products at Remitly. Skills: technical architect, backend engineering, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, zero-to-one product creation, security and compliance sensibility, influence without authority. Lead design and delivery of backend services enabling receivers to save and spend in their home countries.. Define APIs, data models, and event-driven architectures built to serve tens of millions of users, owning end-to-end technical decisions o”
Industry & Context.
challenging problems find solutions faster
on-call hygiene, in-office expectation of at least 50% of the time monthly, typically achieved by coming in three days a week.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time designing and operating distributed systems at scale., Demonstrated experience leading zero-to-one technical efforts — greenfield service design, platform bootstrapping, or new-market technical launches., Deep expertise in backend engineering: service oriented architectures, event-driven architectures, RESTful and async APIs, and relational or distributed databases., security and compliance sensibility, particularly in regulated industries (fintech, banking, payments, or healthcare)., Proven ability to influence without authority — driving alignment across engineering, product, legal, and operations stakeholders., Exceptional written and verbal communication comfortable presenting to both technical and executive audiences.
Nice to Have
Experience building financial products for emerging markets (LATAM, Sub-Saharan Africa, South/Southeast Asia, or similar)., Background in payments infrastructure: card rails, ACH, real-time payment networks, mobile money, or digital wallets., Familiarity with AML/KYC frameworks, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2 compliance in a software context., Experience working with partner financial institutions, fintechs, or licensed payment processors via API integration., Contributions to open-source or engineering community through publications, talks, or tooling.
What You'll Do.
Lead design and delivery of backend services enabling receivers to save and spend in their home countries.
and event-driven architectures built to serve tens of millions of users
owning end-to-end technical decisions on system design
Partner with core platform teams to connect receiver-side capabilities with global disbursement
and compliance infrastructure.
Maintain end-to-end data consistency and contribute to platform-wide standards for cross-service communication and failure handling.
and local regulatory requirements from day one.
Design with least-privilege access
and audit trails as lead threat-modeling and drive vulnerability remediation across your service surface.
Build systems that handle millions of daily active receivers without sacrificing latency or correctness.
and operational drive a culture of on-call hygiene
and blameless post-mortems.
Mentor senior and staff engineers
and shape the receiver segment's technical roadmap.
Author RFCs and ADRs that influence engineering standards
and partner with engineering and product to deliver executable technical plans.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate closely with product, design, compliance, and business partners to make ambitious ideas real.; Partner with core platform teams to connect receiver-side capabilities with global disbursement, FX, liquidity, and compliance infrastructure.; Proven ability to influence without authority — driving alignment across engineering, product, legal, and operations stakeholders.; Partner with engineering and product to deliver executable technical plans.; Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster.
Communication Scope
Exceptional written and verbal communication comfortable presenting to both technical and executive audiences.
Process & Methodology
deliver executable technical plans
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