Staff Software Engineer - Trust Platform

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:

The Trust Platform team builds and maintains the systems that orchestrate fraud detection, identity verification, and regulatory reporting across all Remitly products. Our mission is to keep customers safe and Remitly compliant while enabling fast, reliable, and user friendly identity verification.

As a Staff Engineer on Trust Platform, you will provide technical leadership across multiple domains, shaping the architecture and evolution of systems that are foundational to Remitly's business. You will drive initiatives that improve KYC/identity verification, regulatory screening, and compliance reporting, while ensuring these services are scalable, fault-tolerant, and reusable across product lines.

You will partner with engineering managers, product, and analytics leaders to set long-term technical direction, make build-vs-buy tradeoffs, and define standards for reliability, observability, and security. You'll mentor engineers across the org, raising the technical bar and ensuring the platform can meet rapidly evolving fraud and compliance challenges worldwide. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Trust Orchestration Platform.

You Will:

• Lead the design and evolution of core Trust Platform services
• Set architectural strategy
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align business, regulatory, and technical priorities.
• Mentor engineers, guiding technical decisions and elevating engineering quality across the org.
• Influence company-wide initiatives by bringing deep domain expertise in fraud and identity verification systems.

You Have:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or staff-level role.
• Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale, with strong fundamentals in system design, data modeling, and performance optimization.
• Deep knowledge of backend technologies (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, or similar), data processing frameworks, and service-oriented architecture
• Experience with setting technical direction and leading large, cross-team engineering initiatives.
• Experience with observability, reliability engineering, and ensuring high availability in mission-critical systems.

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is

$172,000 - $215,000. 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
• RRSP plan with company match
• 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 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.