Principal Software Development Engineer

Remitly•Seattle, WA

2d•$240,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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: Under the supervision of the Director, Engineering, the Principal Software Development Engineer will drive the design, architecture, and delivery of next-generation distributed platforms and services that power Remitly's cross-border payments business at global scale. Telecommuting available up to 3 days per week within the Seattle, WA area based on manager approval.

Requirements

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a directly related technical field, followed by 5 years of progressively responsible experience with technical design, delivery, and monitoring of software applications.
3 years of experience with developing distributed systems, including designing fault-tolerant, highly available, and horizontally scalable services supporting large-scale production workloads;
3 years of experience with leading the design and implementation of complex software systems, including providing technical direction to teams of engineers across multiple workstreams;
3 years of experience with driving long-term technical strategy, including defining architectural roadmaps, setting engineering standards, and influencing technology decisions across multiple engineering teams or platforms;
3 years of experience with leveraging general-purpose programming languages (including Java and Python) to design, develop, and maintain production-grade software applications;
3 years of experience with designing and architecting APIs and microservices for distributed systems;
3 years of experience with engineering solutions on the AWS cloud platform and core services (including S3, SQS, SNS);
3 years of experience with leveraging container orchestration tools (including Docker and Kubernetes) and Java application frameworks (including Spring);
3 years of experience with designing and scaling relational databases (including MySQL and PostgreSQL), NoSQL databases (including DynamoDB), and data warehousing solutions (including Redshift);
3 years of experience with building streaming and event-driven architectures using platforms such as Kafka and Kinesis.

Responsibilities

Architect and implement scalable, reliable, and auditable payment systems to securely track, move, and reconcile money across global markets;
Influence and drive multi-year technical roadmaps that balance near-term deliverables with long-term scalability, performance, and operational excellence;
Provide technical leadership on complex, high-impact, cross-team engineering initiatives involving distributed systems and large-scale transaction data processing;
Set and communicate the technical vision for Remitly's payment platforms and services in collaboration with product, compliance, business development, and engineering teams.