RemitlyPosted 1 month ago

Director of Engineering, Money Platform

RemitlyPosted 1 month ago

$240,000–$300,000 year

HybridSeattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United StatesHybridFull Time$240,000–$300,000 yearSenior LevelFINTECHLarge

Full TimeSenior LevelLargeFINTECH

Job Summary

Lead the Money Platform by treating downstream teams as customers, delivering clear contracts and a clean developer experience that enables independent integration. Establish a steady rhythm for platform capabilities while holding the operational, reliability, and correctness bar for systems that move customers' hard-earned money globally. Grow leadership within the team by mentoring principal and staff engineers, engaging deeply on complex technical problems, and setting direction that balances business strategy with technical execution. This role requires 8+ years of technical leadership experience and fluency in payments or financial systems.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of technical leadership experience
5+ years leading multiple teams
Experience building and operating platforms or large distributed systems
History of building and operating platforms or large distributed systems that other teams choose
The technical depth to engage principal and staff engineers as a peer
Ability to hold a clear technical opinion in a room of executives
Ability to move between business strategy and technical bets in both directions
A point of view on what an agentic world means for a platform like this
Ability to build for an agentic world
Fluency in the business to move between a technical decision and a customer outcome
Ability to treat teams who build on the platform as customers
Ability to give clear contracts and a developer experience
Ability to hold the operational, reliability, and correctness bar for systems
Ability to earn credibility with principal, staff, and senior engineers
Ability to grow the managers and principals who will lead the platform
Ability to stay close enough to the work to engage strongest engineers as a peer
Ability to set direction and grow leaders on the team
Ability to design for a future where agents compose money movement
Ability to make platform capabilities available on a steady rhythm
Ability to move between technical decisions and customer outcomes
Ability to go deep when it counts
Ability to make the team known for a steady rhythm
Ability to ensure systems move customers' hard-earned money safely and without delay
Ability to ensure systems are correct
Ability to ensure systems are reliable
Ability to ensure systems are safe
Ability to ensure systems move money
Ability to orchestrate transfers
Ability to safeguard money
Ability to receive money
Ability to pay out money
Ability to compose compelling products
Ability to help teams move quickly
Ability to help teams move safely
Ability to help teams move independently
Ability to lead the Money Platform into its next chapter
Ability to ensure true peace of mind for customers
Ability to provide secure ways to manage money
Ability to provide simple ways to manage money
Ability to provide reliable ways to manage money
Ability to support loved ones back home
Ability to grow a business across continents
Ability to pursue new opportunities abroad
Ability to transform lives with trusted financial services
Ability to transcend borders
Ability to send money globally
Ability to access money wherever life takes them
Ability to move money wherever life takes them
Ability to manage money wherever life takes them
Ability to ensure money gets where it's going safely
Ability to ensure money gets where it's going without delay
Ability to get money where it's going
Ability to support family back home
Ability to pay rent
Ability to pay school fees
Ability to pay medical bills
Ability to send gifts
Ability to send support for family back home
Ability to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation
Ability to be a builder
Ability to be a reimaginer
Ability to be a global thinker
Ability to do the most meaningful work of your career
Ability to work with over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide
Ability to be united by a vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders
Ability to be a Remitlian
Ability to be passionate
Ability to be global
Ability to be digital-native
Ability to be cross-border
Ability to eliminate long wait times
Ability to eliminate complexities
Ability to eliminate fees
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants
Ability to help immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner
Ability to be a leading digital financial services provider
Ability to operate in over 170 countries around the world
Ability to ensure equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates
Ability to be in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations
Ability to celebrate diversity
Ability to create an inclusive environment for all employees
Ability to be an equal opportunity employer
Ability to drive innovation
Ability to foster dynamic in-person collaboration
Ability to ignite ideas
Ability to find solutions faster
Ability to deepen relationships
Ability to fuel creativity
Ability to ensure impact is felt where it matters most
Ability to come together
Ability to work in-office at least 50% of the time monthly
Ability to come in three days a week
Ability to set higher expectations based on team's specific needs
Ability to be an E-Verify Employer
Ability to ensure workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates
Ability to be in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations
Ability to be a leading digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families
Ability to operate in over 170 countries around the world
Ability to help immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner
Ability to be digitally-native
Ability to be cross-border
Ability to eliminate long wait times
Ability to eliminate complexities
Ability to eliminate fees
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants
Ability to expand suite of products
Ability to build on strong foundation
Ability to further mission
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants all around the world
Ability to find additional opportunities at Remitly
Ability to be a Director of Engineering
Ability to lead Money Platform
Ability to measure success by how much teams can build on the platform without you in the room
Ability to get money where it's going safely and without delay
Ability to compose compelling products
Ability to help teams move quickly, safely, and independently
Ability to design for a future where agents compose money movement directly
Ability to set direction
Ability to grow leaders and principal engineers on the team
Ability to stay close enough to the work to engage strongest engineers as a peer
Ability to be fluent enough in the business to move between a technical decision and a customer outcome
Ability to treat teams who build on the platform as customers
Ability to give clear contracts
Ability to provide a developer experience clean enough that teams integrate once on their own
Ability to ship platform capabilities on a steady rhythm
Ability to make that rhythm something the team is known for
Ability to hold the operational, reliability, and correctness bar for systems that move customers' hard-earned money
Ability to be the technical leader your strongest engineers want to work for
Ability to earn credibility with principal, staff, and senior engineers
Ability to go deep when it counts
Ability to grow the managers and principals who will lead this platform next
Ability to have a point of view on what an agentic world means for a platform like this
Ability to know how you would build for it
Ability to have 8+ years of technical leadership experience
Ability to have 5+ years leading multiple teams
Ability to have history building and operating platforms or large distributed systems that other teams choose
Ability to have experience with payments or financial systems
Ability to have the technical depth to engage principal and staff engineers as a peer
Ability to have the ability to step in when a hard problem needs you
Ability to have the ability to comfort holding a clear technical opinion in a room of executives
Ability to have the ability to move between business strategy and technical bets in both directions
Ability to have a point of view on what an agentic world means for a platform like this
Ability to have a point of view on how you would build for it
Ability to be a builder
Ability to be a reimaginer
Ability to be a global thinker
Ability to want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation
Ability to be ready to do the most meaningful work of your career
Ability to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide
Ability to be united by a vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders
Ability to be a Remitlian
Ability to be passionate
Ability to be global
Ability to be digital-native
Ability to be cross-border
Ability to eliminate long wait times
Ability to eliminate complexities
Ability to eliminate fees
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants
Ability to help immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner
Ability to be a leading digital financial services provider
Ability to operate in over 170 countries around the world
Ability to help immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner
Ability to be digitally-native
Ability to be cross-border
Ability to eliminate long wait times
Ability to eliminate complexities
Ability to eliminate fees
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants
Ability to expand suite of products
Ability to build on strong foundation
Ability to further mission
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants all around the world
Ability to find additional opportunities at Remitly
Ability to be a Director of Engineering
Ability to lead Money Platform
Ability to measure success by how much teams can build on the platform without you in the room
Ability to get money where it's going safely and without delay
Ability to compose compelling products
Ability to help teams move quickly, safely, and independently
Ability to design for a future where agents compose money movement directly
Ability to set direction
Ability to grow leaders and principal engineers on the team
Ability to stay close enough to the work to engage strongest engineers as a peer
Ability to be fluent enough in the business to move between a technical decision and a customer outcome
Ability to treat teams who build on the platform as customers
Ability to give clear contracts
Ability to provide a developer experience clean enough that teams integrate once on their own
Ability to ship platform capabilities on a steady rhythm
Ability to make that rhythm something the team is known for
Ability to hold the operational, reliability, and correctness bar for systems that move customers' hard-earned money
Ability to be the technical leader your strongest engineers want to work for
Ability to earn credibility with principal, staff, and senior engineers
Ability to go deep when it counts
Ability to grow the managers and principals who will lead this platform next
Ability to have a point of view on what an agentic world means for a platform like this
Ability to know how you would build for it
Ability to have 8+ years of technical leadership experience
Ability to have 5+ years leading multiple teams
Ability to have history building and operating platforms or large distributed systems that other teams choose
Ability to have experience with payments or financial systems
Ability to have the technical depth to engage principal and staff engineers as a peer
Ability to have the ability to step in when a hard problem needs you
Ability to have the ability to comfort holding a clear technical opinion in a room of executives
Ability to have the ability to move between business strategy and technical bets in both directions
Ability to have a point of view on what an agentic world means for a platform like this
Ability to have a point of view on how you would build for it
Ability to be a builder
Ability to be a reimaginer
Ability to be a global thinker
Ability to want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation
Ability to be ready to do the most meaningful work of your career
Ability to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide
Ability to be united by a vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders
Ability to be a Remitlian
Ability to be passionate
Ability to be global
Ability to be digital-native
Ability to be cross-border
Ability to eliminate long wait times
Ability to eliminate complexities
Ability to eliminate fees
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants
Ability to help immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner
Ability to be a leading digital financial services provider
Ability to operate in over 170 countries around the world
Ability to help immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner
Ability to be digitally-native
Ability to be cross-border
Ability to eliminate long wait times
Ability to eliminate complexities
Ability to eliminate fees
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants
Ability to expand suite of products
Ability to build on strong foundation
Ability to further mission
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants all around the world
Ability to find additional opportunities at Remitly
Ability to be a Director of Engineering
Ability to lead Money Platform
Ability to measure success by how much teams can build on the platform without you in the room
Ability to get money where it's going safely and without delay
Ability to compose compelling products
Ability to help teams move quickly, safely, and independently
Ability to design for a future where agents compose money movement directly
Ability to set direction
Ability to grow leaders and principal engineers on the team
Ability to stay close enough to the work to engage strongest engineers as a peer
Ability to be fluent enough in the business to move between a technical decision and a customer outcome
Ability to treat teams who build on the platform as customers
Ability to give clear contracts
Ability to provide a developer experience clean enough that teams integrate once on their own
Ability to ship platform capabilities on a steady rhythm
Ability to make that rhythm something the team is known for
Ability to hold the operational, reliability, and correctness bar for systems that move customers' hard-earned money
Ability to be the technical leader your strongest engineers want to work for
Ability to earn credibility with principal, staff, and senior engineers
Ability to go deep when it counts
Ability to grow the managers and principals who will lead this platform next
Ability to have a point of view on what an agentic world means for a platform like this
Ability to know how you would build for it
Ability to have 8+ years of technical leadership experience
Ability to have 5+ years leading multiple teams
Ability to have history building and operating platforms or large distributed systems that other teams choose
Ability to have experience with payments or financial systems
Ability to have the technical depth to engage principal and staff engineers as a peer
Ability to have the ability to step in when a hard problem needs you
Ability to have the ability to comfort holding a clear technical opinion in a room of executives
Ability to have the ability to move between business strategy and technical bets in both directions
Ability to have a point of view on what an agentic world means for a platform like this
Ability to have a point of view on how you would build for it
Ability to be a builder
Ability to be a reimaginer
Ability to be a global thinker
Ability to want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation
Ability to be ready to do the most meaningful work of your career
Ability to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide
Ability to be united by a vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders
Ability to be a Remitlian
Ability to be passionate
Ability to be global
Ability to be digital-native
Ability to be cross-border
Ability to eliminate long wait times
Ability to eliminate complexities
Ability to eliminate fees
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants
Ability to help immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner
Ability to be a leading digital financial services provider
Ability to operate in over 170 countries around the world
Ability to help immigrants send money home in a safe, reliable and transparent manner
Ability to be digitally-native
Ability to be cross-border
Ability to eliminate long wait times
Ability to eliminate complexities
Ability to eliminate fees
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants
Ability to expand suite of products
Ability to build on strong foundation
Ability to further mission
Ability to transform financial services for immigrants all around the world
Ability to find additional opportunities at Remitly
Ability to be a Director of Engineering
Ability to lead Money Platform

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