Manager, Engineering III

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, united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.

About the Role:

We're hiring an Engineering Manager to join our team in Identity and Trust, which combines Remitly's multiple Risk and Verification squads into a single Trust Platform. This team builds resilient and intelligent products, that operate at scale to effectively prevent product misuse, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance the customer onboarding experience across Remitly products. We collaborate with multiple internal teams to improve customer experience and drive business outcomes by inventing, building, measuring, and managing software.

As a manager, you will collaborate across teams to enable risk and verification capabilities, providing a solid foundation for all Remitly businesses. You will lead a full-stack engineering team, guide technical strategy, and work with partners in Product, Design, Compliance, and Analytics to reduce customer friction and ensure compliance with government bodies. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional teams, giving you exposure to a wide range of technical and business challenges. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager.

To succeed in this role, you should enjoy tackling complex challenges, have strong attention to detail, and possess a strategic mindset. You must be skilled at making trade-offs between competing priorities. We're looking for someone with the desire to continuously improve and expand both their technical skills and scope of influence.

You Will:

• Manage all aspects of people management within the Identity and Trust organization, including hiring, team structure, performance management, and career development. Responsibilities include conducting performance reviews, delivering ongoing feedback and coaching, and creating meaningful growth opportunities for direct reports.

• Collaborate on the development of end-to-end project plans, guide teams through successful execution, and ensure leadership and key stakeholders remain aligned on progress and milestones.

• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to set and adapt long-term strategies in response to evolving priorities and opportunities.

• Champion engineering and operational best practices by defining metrics and processes for continuous assessment and improvement. Lead cross-functional process enhancements to drive efficiency and quality.

• Clearly communicate the technology, requirements, objectives, and milestones across programs and teams to ensure alignment and accountability.

• Define clear expectations and lead the creation of a collaborative, high-accountability environment in partnership with engineering and cross-functional teams.

You Have:

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8+ years of software development experience, including backend (e.g., Go, Java/Kotlin) and frontend (e.g., TypeScript, React Native) technologies.

• Experience with a relational database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.

• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams, with a strong track record in full-stack or platform-oriented application development.

• Experience building and scaling distributed systems in a microservices environment.

• Experience driving and building long-term technical strategy across multiple engineering teams.

• Experience in defining and influencing technical designs and processes across a team.

• Experience leading multi-quarter complex engineering projects with several engineers and working in partnership with one or more partners, such as Product Managers, Program Managers, or TPMs.

• Experience mentoring engineers up to the Senior Engineer level.

• Experience with technical interviewing candidates for all levels up to Senior Engineer.

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is $148,000-$185,000. In Canada, Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can provide more information about the medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components associated with this role.

Our Benefits

• Four weeks vacation

• Health Benefits

• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits

• RRSP plan with company match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Life Insurance & Disability

• Continuing education and travel benefits

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 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.

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.

We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman's potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

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

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