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:

We're looking for a Senior Engineer to help develop features in Underwriting and servicing for Lending with data that powers the next generation of scalable Lending products. You will collaborate with the trust platform and data engineering teams at Remitly including modeling for Lending products as we scale.

You'll collaborate with teams in the Lending domain and partner with infrastructure teams to enhance existing systems, develop new features, and help scale Lending. We support hybrid work, and you can work 50% of your time each month in our Vancouver office. You will be reporting to the Sr engineering manager running the Underwriting and Fraud team.

You Will:

• Build backend services in Java / GO on AWS
• Work with data analysts, DS and scientists to ensure we have the right data-marts, pipelines and with ML engineers to offer models that will help us scale our business
• Inspire creativity by optimizing our service, data story, improving reliability
• Partner with product managers and engineers across teams to help achieve product and team goals

You Have:

• 5 or more years of experience designing and building backend systems – preferably using Go or Java. Experience with Scala and Python is a bonus.
• Experience with relational database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle
• Experience working with data pipelines and tools such as Spark and Redshift.
• Experience with building batch model inference and online model serving systems.
• Experience designing and implementing orchestration systems for training and automating training workflows
• Have worked well with data scientists, product managers, and business analysts to connect the dots between business and technology partners
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Maven, GitHub

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is $148,000 – $185,000. In Canada, 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

• Four weeks vacation
• Health Benefits
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• 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.

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

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