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 talents who are passionate about building meaningful products and making a real impact on people’s lives. We invest in promoting their career by providing opportunities, challenges, and a great flexible work environment.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 talents who are passionate about building meaningful products and making a real impact on people’s lives. We invest in promoting their career by providing opportunities, challenges, and a great flexible work environment.

About the Role:

As a Backend Engineer at Remitly Tel Aviv, you will build innovative products that affect our customers' lives directly, act as a developer on mission-critical systems, and build top-notch consumer-facing applications for millions of monthly users using the most advanced technologies.

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our R&D team to build out our products and services to support new initiatives.

Our stack is based on TypeScript, Node.js, React, React Native, Kubernetes, GCP.

You Will:

• Build a performant and scalable system that will serve more than a Million monthly customers, with minimal computing requirements.
• Create complex core business logic and flows.
• Work on a product for real people that brings them one step forward to financial inclusion.
• Responsible for all aspects of software development - from technologies to security, scalability, and reliability.
• As a backend engineer, you will focus on resilient distributed systems, which have to comply with strict performance and data integrity standards

You have:

• 4+ years of experience building and delivering production code.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience building web servers using Node.js, Python, or Go.
• Deep knowledge of API standards such as REST, GraphQL, gRPC, etc.
• Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases.
• Utilize TDD methodologies.
• Team player
• Enthusiastic about building consumer-facing products with great experience, as a backend engineer you have accountability on performance and error flows.
• Proactive person with a Experience ensuring that code meets all functionality and acceptance criteria for details, who constantly wants to improve the system and grow

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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.

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