Backend Engineer

Job Description

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward.We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.The team in Israel pushes forward and aims for the stars, an energy that has defined us since our early startup days. We hire people who are passionate about building meaningful products and making a real impact on people's lives. We invest in promoting our employees' careers by providing opportunities, challenges, and a great flexible work environment.

About The Role

As a Backend Engineer at Remitly Tel Aviv, you will build innovative products that affect our customers' lives directly, act as a developer on mission-critical systems, and build top-notch consumer-facing applications for millions of monthly users using the most advanced technologies.

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our R&D team to build out our products and services to support new initiatives.

Our stack is based on TypeScript, Node.js, React, React Native, Kubernetes, AWS.

You Will

• Design and build reliable distributed systems, with a focus on performance, security, data integrity and compliance.
• Implement core business logic and workflows that power financial transactions.
• Take ownership of the development lifecycle, from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Collaborate closely with product, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Play a key role in evolving our engineering standards and development processes.
  
  

You Have

• 4+ years of experience delivering production-quality code.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building Web APIs in at least one modern programming language (Node.js, Python, or Go experience is an advantage).
• Experience designing and working with APIs (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, etc.).
• Strong experience with relational databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL).
  
  

Exposure to NoSQL databases is an advantage.

• Effective collaborator who thrives in a team environment.
• Enthusiastic about building consumer-facing products, with accountability for performance, reliability, and error handling.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and motivated to continuously improve systems and grow as an engineer.
  
  

Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together

At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster. Our work setup offers 3 days in the office and 2 days remote - for most roles. Managers also have the flexibility to set higher expectations based on their team's specific needs. Of course, if you miss us, you can come to the office every day.

Our connected work culture is vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

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Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.