Director of Engineering, Money Platform

About the role

The Director of Engineering for Money Platform will lead the development and operation of critical systems that ensure the safe and timely movement of customer funds. This role requires a strong technical background, experience in leading engineering teams, and a deep understanding of financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Treat the teams who build on the platform as your customers. Give them clear contracts and a developer experience clean enough that they integrate once on their own
• Ship platform capabilities on a steady rhythm that product teams can feel, and make that rhythm something the team is known for
• Hold the operational, reliability, and correctness bar for systems that move customers' hard-earned money
• Be the technical leader your strongest engineers want to work for. Earn credibility with principal, staff, and senior engineers; go deep when it counts; and grow the managers and principals who will lead this platform next

Requirements

• 8+ years of technical leadership experience, including 5+ leading multiple teams
• Experience building and operating platforms or large distributed systems that other teams choose. Experience with payments or financial systems is a big plus
• The technical depth to engage principal and staff engineers as a peer, and to step in when a hard problem needs you
• Comfort holding a clear technical opinion in a room of executives, and moving between business strategy and technical bets in both directions
• A point of view on what an agentic world means for a platform like this, and how you would build for it. Not a slogan about using AI more

Qualifications

• Technical depth and breadth, including knowledge of financial systems and experience with payments
• Strong leadership skills, including experience managing multiple teams and engaging with principal and staff engineers as peers
• Ability to hold a clear technical opinion and bridge between business strategy and technical decisions
• Experience with building and operating platforms or large distributed systems

Skills

• Technical leadership and management experience
• Experience with payments or financial systems
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to engage with executives and bridge between business strategy and technical decisions

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
• Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Continuing education benefits

Pay

The starting base salary range for this position is typically $240,000 – $300,000. In the U.S., 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.

Schedule

Corporate team members are expected to come in at least 50% of the time monthly, typically 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.