Software Development Engineer

Remitly•Seattle, WA

1d•$143,104 - $155,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Remitly, the Software Development Engineer will serve as a core member of the engineering team, under the supervision of the Manager, Engineering. The role helps define the vision, architecture, and roadmap for software platform services that support the company’s core products and future growth. Telecommuting is available up to three days per week within the Seattle Metropolitan area, subject to manager approval. The engineer builds scalable, maintainable applications, platforms, and backend services supporting the disbursement of funds and flow of data across product lines, internal systems, and external disbursement partners. The role also advances engineering practices, validates systems against security, reliability, performance, and compliance standards, improves developer tools and software delivery, and collaborates with product engineering teams, product managers, Infrastructure, Security, Information Technology, and other internal partners. The position requires a master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related STEM field, plus two years of experience in software design, development, testing, and implementation. The starting base salary range is $143,104 to $155,000 per year. Remitly employees participate in the company’s equity compensation plan; recruiters can provide details about medical benefits and other compensation components.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related STEM field.
At least 2 years of experience with software design, development, testing, and implementation.
At least 1 year of experience conducting code reviews and contributing to system architecture and design.
At least 1 year of experience designing distributed systems that support scalable software solutions in a financial services environment.
At least 1 year of experience developing AWS cloud computing capabilities using EC2, SQS, SNS, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch.
At least 1 year of experience performing full-stack development, product development, and web application development.
At least 1 year of experience using AI-assisted development tools for code generation, debugging, document summarization, and workflow automation to improve engineering productivity and software quality.
At least 1 year of experience mentoring junior engineers on software design and implementation best practices.
At least 1 year of experience using CSS, Docker, GitLab, gRPC, HTML, IntelliJ, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, Node.js, NoSQL, PL/SQL, Python, ReactJS, SQL, Spring Batch, Spring Boot, Terraform, and TypeScript.

Responsibilities

Build scalable and maintainable applications, platforms, and backend services that support fund disbursement and data flows across product lines, internal systems, and external disbursement partners, using technologies such as Golang, Java, and AWS.
Implement software systems that promote efficient engineering practices, consistency, and standardization across platform services.
Assess, test, and validate software and network systems, automation tools, and platform components against internal security, reliability, performance, and compliance standards, working with Infrastructure and Security teams as needed.
Implement, accelerate, and reengineer the delivery of developer tools, automation capabilities, and software delivery practices in partnership with Product Engineering, Information Technology, and other internal teams.
Work cross-functionally with partner product engineering teams and product managers across Remitly.
Contribute to code reviews and system architecture and design.
Mentor junior engineers on software design and implementation best practices.