Senior Recruiter

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Burnaby, BC, CAN
In-Office
50-65 Hourly
Senior level
eCommerce • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services
We provide trusted digital financial services to our customers and recipients in over 170 countries across the globe.
The Role
The Senior Recruiter will drive recruitment strategies, partner with leadership, manage full-cycle recruiting, and enhance candidate experience, focusing on engineering and product roles.
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Job Description:

Remitly’s vision is to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. Since 2011, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises to people who send money around the world. Today, we are reimagining global financial services and building products that extend beyond traditional barriers to give customers access to more of the services they need, no matter where they call home. Join over 2,700 employees worldwide who are growing their careers with purpose and connection with our customers while having a positive impact on millions of people around the globe.

About the Role:

We are looking to add a Senior Recruiter to our team as a contractor! In this role, you'll get the opportunity to directly impact our growth through targeting, recruiting, and closing top talent. Reporting to the Recruiting Manager of Product and Engineering, you will partner with business leadership and hiring managers to understand business goals and the people needed to achieve them, while keeping focus on candidate experience, efficient processes, and building Remitly's brand as an employer of choice. This role is hybrid for our Burnaby, B.C. office.

You Will:

  • Provide consultative partnership to hiring teams and build sourcing strategies and workforce plan execution
  • Develop a network of potential candidates through proactive market research and ongoing relationship management
  • Manage an effective interview process and participate in interview training for the business
  • Ensure a seamless experience for candidates from initial contact through onboarding
  • Oversee full-cycle recruiting across a variety of functions including Engineering and Product
  • Use your knowledge of the competitive landscape and data-driven skills to build recruiting strategies
  • Manage to hiring goals, measure output, and iterate to ensure continuous improvement

You Have:

  • 5+ years of recruiting experience
  • Successful multi-year full-cycle recruiting results
  • Experience building relationships and working with executive leaders
  • Strong sourcing skills and hiring results
  • Closing ability, with experience closing industry to senior level roles
  • Experience leading and facilitating meetings to promote positive business outcomes
  • Experience leading and contributing to global recruiting projects

Compensation Details. The hourly range is $50-$65 per hour.

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.

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.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of recruiting experience
  • Successful multi-year full-cycle recruiting results
  • Experience building relationships with executive leaders
  • Strong sourcing skills and hiring results
  • Closing ability for senior level roles
  • Experience leading and facilitating meetings
  • Experience in global recruiting projects

What the Team is Saying

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Remitly Compensation & Benefits Highlights

How does Remitly ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?

Remitly ensures competitive compensation through a combination of performance-driven rewards, strong benchmarking practices and a focus on aligning pay with both market standards and employee impact. The company emphasizes rewarding excellence and ownership—core elements of its culture—by recognizing employees who deliver meaningful results and contribute to customer outcomes.

Compensation is supported by structured performance and development processes, where employees receive ongoing feedback, coaching and evaluation tied to both individual contributions and broader business impact. This approach helps ensure that rewards—including salary growth and incentives—are aligned with performance, growth and company success.

Remitly also reinforces fairness and transparency through its values-driven culture, which emphasizes integrity, data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement. These principles guide how compensation decisions are made, helping ensure consistency and alignment with both internal standards and external market expectations.

Additionally, the company’s rapid growth and expansion into new products and markets create opportunities for employees to increase their scope, impact and earning potential over time. As Remitly scales its platform and innovates across financial services, compensation evolves alongside business performance and employee contributions. 

Employee Perspective

“I’ve since applied this by coaching my team to not just hit metrics but to understand why each number matters — how it reflects customer experience and operational efficiency.”

— Charlaine M., Team Manager, Customer Protection

At-a-Glance

  • Compensation approach: Performance-based, values-driven, aligned with impact
  • Reward structure: Salary growth and incentives tied to performance, ownership and results
  • Decision framework: Data-driven, integrity-focused, aligned with company values
  • Growth opportunity: Expanding platform and global scale create upward earning potential

External Signals

  • Employee satisfaction: ~85/100 culture score (A+) based on 7,333 ratings, indicating strong overall employee experience
  • Recognition: 12 Comparably awards across 2025–2026, including Best Company Compensation, Best Company Perks & Benefits and Best Company Outlook
  • Employee sentiment: Thousands of employee ratings reflect high satisfaction with workplace experience and rewards

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The Company
HQ: Seattle, WA
2,800 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Since 2011, Remitly has been tirelessly delivering on our promises to our customers sending their hard earned money home. Today, we are incredibly proud to have served millions of customers globally. We strive daily to meet our promise to our customers by building peace of mind into everything we do. Join over 2,700 employees across 10 offices who are growing their careers while having a positive impact on people globally.

Why Work With Us

We are united through our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. We accomplish our vision by relentlessly focusing on culture via our cultural values. That starts with putting customers at the center of everything we do, and includes investing in the growth & development of our team.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Our best work begins in moments when ideas spark, when we are deeply connected, and when we’re moving fast to solve challenging customer problems. These moments shape our culture. Our guidance is to committing to 3 days a week in the office.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
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