Senior Software Engineer
Core
Building the backend product for Remitly Business, a two-sided platform enabling businesses to pay vendors abroad and receive USD payments across 170+ countries.
Role type
Senior Backend Software Engineer (Product Engineering)
Builds
Backend services, APIs, and durable money-movement workflows for onboarding, payments, balances, and payouts.
Domain
Fintech / Cross-border payments / Emerging markets
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Go, backend service design, cloud infrastructure (AWS), workflow orchestration (Temporal), AI coding agents (Claude Code/Codex), feature ownership, system scalability, security
Preferred skills
Payments/fintech domain knowledge, React/TypeScript, Cadence/Step Functions
Technologies
Go, Temporal, AWS, React, TypeScript, Claude Code, Codex
Responsibilities
Design and ship backend product features end to end; Build money-movement flows at scale on Temporal; Integrate AI coding agents into daily development; Set technical standards for testing, resilience, and extensibility; Shape short- and long-term roadmaps; Mentor team members through code and architecture reviews.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
