Staff Software Development Engineer

Seattle, WA, United States of America

Category: Engineering
Job ID: R_106969
Job Type: Regular

Job Description:

About the Role:

The Builder Experience team owns the core of Remitly’s software development lifecycle including source control, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Forge our internal developer platform, quality and compliance gates, and the AI-assisted tooling that both engineers and non-engineer Builders now use to ship changes. Our mission is to give every Builder at Remitly such as engineer, PM, designer, data analyst world-class tools, workflows, and guardrails so they can build and ship with speed and confidence. As a Senior or Staff Software Development Engineer, you’ll work on highly technical problems spanning our CI/CD platform, IDP – Internal Developer platform, GitHub platform administration and best practices, environments, and AI-assisted development and compliance standards systems used by every engineering team at Remitly, where an outage or a guardrail gap has company-wide blast radius. Our business operates in a highly regulated financial technology domain, serving customers across the entire globe. Our business operates in a highly regulated financial technology domain serving customers across the globe, so you’ll build solutions and AI-driven workflows that accelerate Builder productivity with strict requirements around security, privacy, and compliance. This position will report to the Engineering Manager of Builder Experience. This role will be hybrid based in Seattle, WA.

You Will:

Design, build, and operate the platforms that power Remitly's software delivery lifecycle such as CI/CD, IDP – internal Developer platform, Source control and the build, test, release, and deployment infrastructure, engineers depend on every day.
Own reliability for teams systems that every engineering team at Remitly depends on for shipping software including including health, on-call ownership and root-cause resolution when they break
Extend our tooling and guardrails to support the full range of Builders at Remitly, not just engineers writing code including PMs, designers, and others building with AI agents, so they can ship safely within a regulated environment
Shape how AI is used in Remitly's own development lifecycle: build AI-aware capabilities into our platform and help define standards for evaluating and validation AI-assisted and AI-generated contributions
Lead team-level design reviews and technical planning for Team initiatives, breaking large initiatives into workstreams delivered in parallel, and factor AI into estimation and capacity planning
Partner with Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance as the platform owner accountable for security, privacy, compliance, reliability, and quality across everything Builder Experience ships
Mentor engineers on the team, contribute to hiring and interviewing, and help raise the technical bar for Builder platform work at Remitly
Stay current on industry best practice in Builder platforms and AI-assisted engineering, and apply it to keep Builder Experience ahead of the size and complexity of Remitly's tech stack.

You Have:

A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 2–3 years focused on Builder/Developer tools, build/release systems, or cloud infrastructure platforms rather than product-facing systems.
Advanced expertise in at least one language used in our stack (Go, Python, or TypeScript), plus hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins), source-control platform administration, or internal developer/deployment platforms
Experience leading technical design reviews and breaking large, ambiguous company wide initiatives such as large scale migrations, multi region into workstreams other engineers can execute in parallel
Experience partnering with Security, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to ship Builder infrastructure that meets strict regulatory requirements, ideally in a regulated industry
A track record of driving Builder-platform / Developer platform or infrastructure work that improved productivity, reliability, or velocity beyond your own team with measurable impact across other teams or the org, not just your codebase.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs to both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders

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

Job Description:

About the Role:

The Builder Experience team owns the core of Remitly’s software development lifecycle including source control, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Forge our internal developer platform, quality and compliance gates, and the AI-assisted tooling that both engineers and non-engineer Builders now use to ship changes. Our mission is to give every Builder at Remitly such as engineer, PM, designer, data analyst world-class tools, workflows, and guardrails so they can build and ship with speed and confidence. As a Senior or Staff Software Development Engineer, you’ll work on highly technical problems spanning our CI/CD platform, IDP – Internal Developer platform, GitHub platform administration and best practices, environments, and AI-assisted development and compliance standards systems used by every engineering team at Remitly, where an outage or a guardrail gap has company-wide blast radius. Our business operates in a highly regulated financial technology domain, serving customers across the entire globe. Our business operates in a highly regulated financial technology domain serving customers across the globe, so you’ll build solutions and AI-driven workflows that accelerate Builder productivity with strict requirements around security, privacy, and compliance. This position will report to the Engineering Manager of Builder Experience. This role will be hybrid based in Seattle, WA.

You Will:

Design, build, and operate the platforms that power Remitly's software delivery lifecycle such as CI/CD, IDP – internal Developer platform, Source control and the build, test, release, and deployment infrastructure, engineers depend on every day.
Own reliability for teams systems that every engineering team at Remitly depends on for shipping software including including health, on-call ownership and root-cause resolution when they break
Extend our tooling and guardrails to support the full range of Builders at Remitly, not just engineers writing code including PMs, designers, and others building with AI agents, so they can ship safely within a regulated environment
Shape how AI is used in Remitly's own development lifecycle: build AI-aware capabilities into our platform and help define standards for evaluating and validation AI-assisted and AI-generated contributions
Lead team-level design reviews and technical planning for Team initiatives, breaking large initiatives into workstreams delivered in parallel, and factor AI into estimation and capacity planning
Partner with Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance as the platform owner accountable for security, privacy, compliance, reliability, and quality across everything Builder Experience ships
Mentor engineers on the team, contribute to hiring and interviewing, and help raise the technical bar for Builder platform work at Remitly
Stay current on industry best practice in Builder platforms and AI-assisted engineering, and apply it to keep Builder Experience ahead of the size and complexity of Remitly's tech stack.

You Have:

A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 2–3 years focused on Builder/Developer tools, build/release systems, or cloud infrastructure platforms rather than product-facing systems.
Advanced expertise in at least one language used in our stack (Go, Python, or TypeScript), plus hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins), source-control platform administration, or internal developer/deployment platforms
Experience leading technical design reviews and breaking large, ambiguous company wide initiatives such as large scale migrations, multi region into workstreams other engineers can execute in parallel
Experience partnering with Security, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to ship Builder infrastructure that meets strict regulatory requirements, ideally in a regulated industry
A track record of driving Builder-platform / Developer platform or infrastructure work that improved productivity, reliability, or velocity beyond your own team with measurable impact across other teams or the org, not just your codebase.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs to both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders

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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”