Senior Backend Engineer - Banking platform group

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

Our group at Remitly powers how our customers store, access, and use their money globally. We build the foundation that enables millions of people to manage and move their funds with trust and ease.

We implement and deliver a platform that supports key financial experiences such as Remitly Debit Cards, seamless money transfers, and emerging payment methods that let customers use their stored balance anywhere, anytime. Our mission is to deliver instant, reliable, and secure payment capabilities at global scale, helping our customers provide for their families and achieve financial peace of mind wherever life takes them.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Digital Wallet team, you'll help design and build high-performance, real-time payment systems that enable these experiences. You'll take ownership of complex projects from architecture to production, working across teams to deliver scalable, secure, and customer-focused solutions.

Our team builds new products from 0 to 1, taking innovative ideas from concept through launch. You'll work in a fast-moving, collaborative environment where you can influence product direction, shape technical architecture, and see your work make a direct impact on customers worldwide.

This role is ideal for engineers who excel at tackling low-latency, high-scale challenges and want to make a meaningful impact on financial access and inclusion around the world.

You Will

• Develop Scalable Systems: Build performant and scalable systems capable of serving over a million monthly customers, all while optimizing for minimal computing requirements.
• Deliver Reliable Financial Services: Design, build, and maintain highly available financial services with a strong focus on data integrity and security. Be a key contributor to developing the next generation of Remitly's products from the ground up.
• Lead and Mentor: Serve as the technical lead for your team, mentoring colleagues, driving cross-team initiatives, and facilitating complex design discussions.
• Focus on Distributed Systems: Design and implement resilient distributed systems that meet stringent performance and data integrity requirements.
• Drive Payment Solutions: Take ownership of payment systems, collaborating with multiple providers and gaining a deep understanding of the global financial ecosystem.
  
  

You Have

• 7+ years of experience building and delivering production-quality code, with experience shipping robust and scalable software solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• Proved experience in building of modern distributed architecture, working with cloud services, message brokers and different database systems
• Experience building complex systems and deploying them to production, using modern languages such as Node.js, Python, or Go.
• Deep knowledge of API standards such as REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and best practices for API design and integration.
• Proficiency with databases, both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Passion for creating exceptional user experiences, as a backend engineer you have accountability on performance and error flows
• A proactive mindset - Experience approaching a problem from different angles, analyzing pros and cons of different solutions, constantly seeking opportunities to improve systems and processes.
• Leadership skills, with experience in mentoring team members, influencing technical decisions, and collaborating across global teams.
• Commitment to quality - including experience with testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools.
• Experience communicating updates and resolutions to different stake holders, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
  

Nice To Have

• Familiarity with modern frontend technologies, such as React, React Native, Vue.js, Svelte, or similar frameworks, with an understanding of their integration with backend systems.
• Experience working on B2C applications, with a focus on delivering seamless user experiences at scale.
• Experience with NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, DyanmoDB), understanding of trade-offs between SQL and NonSQL DBs.
  
  

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.