Senior Backend Software Development Engineer – Remitly Business

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Category: Engineering
Job ID: R_105771
Job Type: Regular

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:

As a founding member of our Bangalore engineering hub, you will lead the backend development for Remitly's new business-payment products. Because our GetPaid product is built on top of Remitly's existing global infrastructure, your job involves much more than writing new services from scratch. You will spend a significant amount of time analyzing our current platforms, partnering with architects across the company to propose necessary changes, and modifying existing codebases to support our new business needs. This role is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys deep technical discovery, cross-team collaboration, and building high-scale financial systems in Golang and AWS.

You Will:

Design Product Integrations: Lead the technical plan for how our business products use Remitly's core ledger, payment rails, and identity services.
Modify Existing Platforms: Work directly in other teams' codebases to add features or update APIs that our product requires to function.
Partner with Global Teams: Collaborate with senior leads in Seattle/Tel Aviv/Krakow offices to ensure our technical approach aligns with the company's long-term platform goals.
Write and Review Code: Build new backend services in Golang while maintaining a high bar for code quality and system security through rigorous peer reviews.
Solve Complex Dependencies: Identify where existing systems limit our product's growth and lead the effort to fix those bottlenecks.
Mentor the Team: Guide SDE 2s on how to navigate the wider Remitly codebase and maintain high engineering standards within the Bangalore hub.

You Have:

A Senior Backend Engineer: You have 6+ years of experience, including time spent at large, fast-paced companies (e.g., Razorpay, Flipkart, Uber) where you worked on complex, interconnected systems.
Technically Fearless: You are comfortable jumping into unfamiliar codebases, understanding how they work, and making the changes needed to move your project forward.
A Strong Collaborator: You know how to explain your technical needs to other teams and can negotiate solutions that work for everyone involved.
Proficient in Golang & AWS: You have deep experience with Go and cloud infrastructure, particularly in building secure and scalable microservices.
Action-Oriented: You thrive in "0-1" situations where you have to find your own answers and push through technical ambiguity to deliver results.
Detail-Oriented: You care about the "boring" but essential parts of engineering—security, data consistency, and clear documentation.

Our Benefits:

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Mental Health & Family Forming benefits
Learning & development 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 a 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.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

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.

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:

As a founding member of our Bangalore engineering hub, you will lead the backend development for Remitly's new business-payment products. Because our GetPaid product is built on top of Remitly's existing global infrastructure, your job involves much more than writing new services from scratch. You will spend a significant amount of time analyzing our current platforms, partnering with architects across the company to propose necessary changes, and modifying existing codebases to support our new business needs. This role is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys deep technical discovery, cross-team collaboration, and building high-scale financial systems in Golang and AWS.

You Will:

Design Product Integrations: Lead the technical plan for how our business products use Remitly's core ledger, payment rails, and identity services.
Modify Existing Platforms: Work directly in other teams' codebases to add features or update APIs that our product requires to function.
Partner with Global Teams: Collaborate with senior leads in Seattle/Tel Aviv/Krakow offices to ensure our technical approach aligns with the company's long-term platform goals.
Write and Review Code: Build new backend services in Golang while maintaining a high bar for code quality and system security through rigorous peer reviews.
Solve Complex Dependencies: Identify where existing systems limit our product's growth and lead the effort to fix those bottlenecks.
Mentor the Team: Guide SDE 2s on how to navigate the wider Remitly codebase and maintain high engineering standards within the Bangalore hub.

You Have:

A Senior Backend Engineer: You have 6+ years of experience, including time spent at large, fast-paced companies (e.g., Razorpay, Flipkart, Uber) where you worked on complex, interconnected systems.
Technically Fearless: You are comfortable jumping into unfamiliar codebases, understanding how they work, and making the changes needed to move your project forward.
A Strong Collaborator: You know how to explain your technical needs to other teams and can negotiate solutions that work for everyone involved.
Proficient in Golang & AWS: You have deep experience with Go and cloud infrastructure, particularly in building secure and scalable microservices.
Action-Oriented: You thrive in "0-1" situations where you have to find your own answers and push through technical ambiguity to deliver results.
Detail-Oriented: You care about the "boring" but essential parts of engineering—security, data consistency, and clear documentation.

Our Benefits:

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Mental Health & Family Forming benefits
Learning & development 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 a 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.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

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.

What our Remitlians say

Evelyne Kuo

Program Manager - Technical

On the Security & Privacy team, I reimagine what’s possible by going beyond traditional compliance to create a culture where security is part of everyone’s day-to-day — through programs like our champion network, engaging training sessions, and company-wide awareness events that make security approachable and empowering.”

What our Remitlians say

Amara Agbo

Software Development Engineer II

To me, reimagining what’s possible means constantly learning new technologies and applying cutting-edge solutions to build localized systems that scale across currencies, countries, and regulations. The challenges we solve at Remitly don’t just strengthen our platform — they expand financial access for millions of people worldwide. That’s what makes the work both exciting and impactful.”

What our Remitlians say

Rosa Castellon Herrera

Senior Team Manager - QA

Stand for excellence means to me always raising the bar, pushing through discomfort, to deliver our best to our teams and customers every time. We come together as a team to share ideas to develop a rubric that helps us deliver impactful results.”

What our Remitlians say

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Stephanie Cameron

Senior Product Manager

On the product team at Remitly, I’m trusted to make decisions that drive real impact—not just for my team, but for the business and our customers. I’m encouraged to take ownership of problems even when they’re outside my immediate scope, to speak up, and to bring the right people together to solve them. Lately, that’s meant working on real-time FX and funding tools that support our treasury team in lowering transaction costs—so we can pass those savings on to our customers. That trust and cross-team collaboration make it easy to stay focused on what really matters in the long run.”

What our Remitlians say

Nadav Yekutiel

Senior Manager - Analytics

At Remitly, diving deep has meant pushing past easy answers to truly understand what our customers need. I’ve seen our analytics teams uncover insights that weren’t obvious at first glance — like identifying hidden friction points in the customer journey that, once solved, improved both experience and trust. This commitment to going beyond the surface makes our recommendations stronger, and it’s a big part of how we deliver meaningful impact across the business.”