Senior AI Native Software Engineer

Remitly•Burnaby, BC

56d•$152,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior AI Native Software Engineer, you will build customer-facing products, internal tools, and workflow automations by directing AI agents to accelerate software development. You will operate as a hands-on builder who starts from a customer or operational problem, translates it into clear specifications, orchestrates AI tools to produce robust solutions, and ensures what ships meets Remitly's standards for security, privacy, reliability, and quality. In this role, you are expected to independently drive ambiguous problem spaces, shape technical patterns for the team, and raise the overall effectiveness of AI-native software development. You will also help define best practices for prompt design, agent orchestration, evaluation, and the responsible adoption of AI-native development workflows.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production systems, products, or platforms
1+ years of demonstrated proficiency using AI coding agents or similar generative AI development tools for end-to-end application delivery
Strong ability to decompose problems, write effective prompts, evaluate outputs critically, and iterate until solutions meet quality expectations
Solid understanding of full-stack application development, including frontend, backend, APIs, data stores, and cloud infrastructure
Experience with common architectural patterns such as web applications, service-oriented systems, databases, queues, and event-driven workflows
Strong product sense and the ability to connect customer problems to practical, high-impact technical solutions
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with sound judgment around secure and responsible software delivery.

Responsibilities

Build and ship complete applications, workflow automations, and AI-powered tools within your team's product area using AI coding agents and related development tooling
Translate ambiguous customer and business needs into structured requirements, technical plans, and production-ready solutions
Own delivery from concept through deployment, including architecture, implementation, instrumentation, testing, rollout, and iteration
Evaluate AI-generated code and artifacts against Remitly's standards for security, privacy, reliability, maintainability, and product quality before shipping
Partner across engineering, product, design, data, and platform teams to deliver scalable end-to-end solutions
Use metrics and analytics to assess adoption, quality, and business outcomes, and drive iterative improvements based on data
Mentor other engineers in AI-native development practices and contribute reusable approaches, documentation, and team standards