Senior Full Stack Software Development Engineer

About the role

The USA Regional Experiences team's mission is to grow the US remittance send business by improving the customer experience across the moments that matter most – onboarding, payment, and disbursement. As an engineer on the team, you'll apply your front-end-leaning, full-stack skillset to the customer challenges that matter most for growing Remitly's USA business – delighting the customer segments most critical to that growth. Your work will directly improve the lives of immigrants and their families sending money from the United States while helping build the next generation of trusted, borderless financial services.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to gather requirements and deliver scalable, high-quality software solutions with a customer-centric mindset.
• Lead team projects to design and build solutions for ambiguous and difficult problems spanning multiple technologies (TypeScript, React Native, Java/Kotlin, Go) and systems, dividing features into components and tasks that can be worked in parallel for timely delivery.
• Pioneer the team's use of modern AI-powered development tools to deliver faster while maintaining quality and security standards.
• Champion engineering best practices by delivering well-tested, observable, well-documented, efficient, scalable, and resilient systems.
• Drive improvements to team processes and shape cross-team technical designs.
• Foster team growth by mentoring peers, conducting code reviews, participating in interviews, and supporting onboarding efforts.
• Take part in an on-call rotation to ensure the reliability and support of the team's services.

Requirements

• Strong computer science, web, and native app fundamentals, and knowledge of design patterns.
• 6+ years of software development experience.
• Experience using AI throughout the software development lifecycle.
• 3+ years of React or React Native development experience.
• Expertise in one of the following programming languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java, Go.
• Excellent collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science or related field.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Passion for building innovative solutions that make a difference.

Skills

• Strong understanding of full-stack development principles.
• Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java, or Go.
• Knowledge of React or React Native.
• Experience with AI and machine learning.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

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

Pay

The starting base salary range for this position is typically $180,000-$225,000. 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 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.