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:
As a Senior Frontend Engineer on our team, you will take part in developing our cutting edge application that has a real impact on millions of customers' lives. You will also work closely with the Product, Design and Quality teams to constantly improve our products and services based on a data-driven approach along with direct feedback from our customers. This role will report to our Director of Engineering and will be based in our Bangalore office.
You Will:
- Lead frontend development with a strong regional focus on all markets outside the Americas, ensuring you build local needs, constraints, and user behaviours into the product.
- Be one of the foundational frontend engineers for the team, setting technical direction and standards while helping hire, onboard, and grow additional frontend engineers.
- Create complex client flows and business logic, emphasising reusability and quality.
- Build performant and scalable client systems, keeping them up to date with the latest technologies and best practices.
- Be an engineering excellence leader (Reviewing code, conducting design reviews, mentoring other developers, etc.).
- Be responsible for all aspects of software development on the team with ownership over technologies, security, scalability, user-experience, quality, and reliability.
You Have:
- 8+ years of experience building and delivering production code.
- Must have dealt with a large codebase or a super app with state management, performance optimization, and compatibility.
- 5+ years of experience with React.js or React Native.
- Worked in a globally distributed team environment
- Experience building API standards such as GraphQL, REST, etc.
- Experience with release management.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience with JavaScript (ES6+, TypeScript).
- Experience with Jest / Enzyme / React Testing Library.
- Ability to implement product requests by researching the correct technologies and services and integrating them into the product.
- Enthusiastic about building consumer-facing products with great UX and UI.
Advantages:
- Experience with React Native for Web.
- Experience with Redux.
- Experience with building and debugging mobile apps.
- Advanced understanding in Webpack and bundling tools.
- Experience with Analytics analysis (using Looker, Amplitude, Heap, or similar tools).
Our Benefits:
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Mental Health & Family Forming benefits
- Learning & development 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 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.
