Principal System Architect, Google Workspace

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 Principal Systems Architect focused on Google Workspace to join Remitly's IT team, reporting to our Director of IT. You'll help build our Google Workspace platform to support agile processes to operate at scale, building a best in class tech stack and automations between systems to achieve it.

You'll accomplish this by partnering closely with the IT Infrastructure team, Security and business stakeholders to drive decisions. Your important work will directly impact how we operate as a business to meet the needs of our customers and internal stakeholders.

You Will:

• Lead the architectural design and evolution of Google Workspace, including the governance hierarchy and policy inheritance model that enables consistent security enforcement for users and Workspace-managed devices across the organization.

• Develop and maintain the multi-year roadmap and strategy for Google Workspace, including adoption of new features, platform lifecycle management, and migration planning.

• Define and enforce governance, security, and compliance standards across all Google Workspace applications (including Gmail, Drive, Vault, Chrome, etc.) in partnership with the Security team.

• Serve as the highest-level subject matter expert for Google Workspace, advising IT and business leaders on technical strategy, capacity planning, and risk management.

• Design and oversee complex technical integrations between Google Workspace and other enterprise systems (e.g., Workday, Okta) using APIs and automation tools.

• Own the vendor relationship with Google and our vendor for technical strategy, new contracts, and escalation of high-priority issues.

• Create and maintain high-quality architectural documentation, standards, and best-practice guides for engineering and operations teams.

• Drive cross-company partnerships to increase the organization's maturity and effective adoption of Workspace tools.

• Mentor engineers and administrators, elevating platform literacy and architectural thinking across IT.

You Have:

• 7+ years of experience in the Information Technology Field, with a minimum of 4 years focused on Google Workspace architecture, security, and governance for a large-scale, global organization.

• Proven experience designing and leading large-scale projects, such as Google Workspace migrations, complex security rollouts, or integration projects.

• Expertise in enterprise architecture and design principles for cloud collaboration platforms.

• In-depth understanding of Google Workspace security best practices, data loss prevention (DLP), eDiscovery (Vault), and conditional access policies.

• Strong experience with REST API, JQL, AQL, JIRA APIs, and webhooks for system integration and automation.

• Exposure to Project Management, Risk, SDLC, Agile, Financial Institution related activities, Regulatory requirements, and Security controls.

•  Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, documentation, verbal, and written communication skills.

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $148,000- $170,000. In the 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. #LI-Hybrid

Our Benefits:

• Four weeks vacation
• Health Benefits
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• RRSP plan with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life Insurance & Disability
• Continuing education and travel benefits

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