Engineering Manager

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:

Join us as an Engineering Manager on the Global Money Movements team. Our mission is to enable the world's most trusted financial services through a platform that allows modular, reusable components to move money around the world. On this team, you'll lead a team of software engineers to build resilient, scalable, micro-service solutions that empower Remitly's future architecture. 

You'll contribute to engineering strategy, lead global expansion and platform adoption efforts, and evolve the team's engineering practices and culture. You will guide the creation of excellent technical systems with minimal technical debt, be a partner who creates a welcoming team culture across the company and manage a team of 7-9 engineers while growing the careers of team members and shaping the engineering culture of Remitly as a whole.

You'll report to a Senior Engineering Manager based in Krakow, Poland.

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You Will: 

• Lead global expansion and platform adoption efforts for a new money movements platform that your team owns

• Manage business critical money movement systems and partner with integration teams that plug into our network of banking partners

• Lead a team of 7-9 engineers

• Bring technical strategy balancing quality, features, and delivery timelines

• Champion engineering culture through mentoring, hiring, and process improvements

• Have a relationship and work arrangements with teams in the US that ensures transparency and autonomy

• Ensure platform excellence in security, performance, and minimal technical debt

• Collaborate globally across time zones with product, engineering, and business teams. You will partner with product managers to understand requirements, translate these requirements into technical tasks, and ensure the engineering team delivers the expected outcome.

• Travel to our Seattle office 1-2 times a year

You Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience.

• 5+ years of commercial experience in a software engineering role

• 2+ years in a technical leadership position

• Experience leading technical teams in a data-driven way, with a customer-centric mindset

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

• An understanding of software development practices to create a healthy system supporting business demand while being able to provide technical advice to the team

• Strong understanding of software development practices, system design, and algorithms

Our Benefits:

• Equity in the company – RSUs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• 26 days paid holiday + additional company days off
• Hybrid working model (we have the office in a Kraków City Centre)
• Commute allowance
• Health/Dental Coverage – LUX MED VIP for employee and family
• Life Insurance
• Travel Insurance
• Sodexo Lunch Card/Multisport Card
• Education Budget
• Mental Health program for employee
• Family planning program
• Employee Pension Plan (PPK)

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.

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