Senior Software Development 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.

About The Role
You will report to the local Engineering Manager for the Messaging Platform team based in Kraków. The team builds and maintains the foundation of Remitly's communication systems, ensuring that notifications, transfer updates, and campaign messages are fast, reliable, and compliant. The platform processes over 100 million messages each month and supports customers in more than 70 countries.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute to the development of a unified messaging system designed for personalized, AI-driven communication, flexible vendor integration, and readiness for two-way and B2B messaging. The work emphasizes autonomy, measurable product impact, and platform-oriented thinking while collaborating with experienced engineers, product managers, and mentoring interns.

You will follow a hybrid model based in Remitly's Kraków city center office, typically three days on-site and two days remote.

You Will

• Lead design and scaling, event-driven systems that power customer communication globally.
• Partner with product managers, AI researchers, other product teams, and your own team to deliver the next generation of messaging tooling.
• Mentor peers and interns, contributing to a high-trust, high-talent engineering culture.
• Influence strategic decisions about vendor integrations, compliance, and future capabilities like conversational messaging.

You Have

• 7+ years of experience building distributed, event-driven, or platform systems at scale.
• Proficiency in one or more core languages (Go, Java, Python, JavaScript) and will to learn.
• Experience delivering resilient, observable, and compliant systems where reliability is non-negotiable.
• Excitement for platform engineering: building systems others depend on, balancing flexibility, performance, and cost efficiency.
• (Bonus) Familiarity with messaging vendors (Twilio, Braze, SES) or lifecycle marketing platforms.

Our Benefits

• 26 days paid holiday & additional company days off
• Equity in the company - RSUs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Royalties (KUP)
• Employee Pension Plan (PPK)
• Open leave policy (Flexible vacation days with manager approval)
• Commuting to work expense
• Health/Dental & Coverage - LUX MED VIP for employee & family
• Life Insurance
• Mental Health & Family Planing Benefits
• Continuing education and travel benefits
• Equipment of your choice
• Headphones Reimbursement
• Referral bonuses

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. For corporate team members, we have an in-office expectation of 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. These intentional in-office moments are 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.

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