Senior Engineering Manager, Authentication Platform

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:

As the Senior Engineering Manager on the Authentication Platform team, you will be reporting to the Senior Engineering manager of our Remittance Risk team. You will lead a team responsible for developing and scaling our platform's authentication services. You will drive strategic vision, foster technical excellence, and ensure alignment with business needs to safeguard our users' data and provide a seamless access experience..

You Will:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, ensuring they have clear goals, career development paths, and feedback channels. Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Define and implement a roadmap for the authentication platform, aligned with broader business goals.
• Champion authentication and security standards and practices, while anticipating future scaling requirements.
• Collaborate closely with product managers to understand requirements, translate them into clear, actionable technical tasks, and guide the engineering team to deliver high-quality solutions that meet expectations.
• Own team planning and execution, including quarterly goals, resource allocation, and prioritization.
• Be a role model in upholding Remitly's cultural values and use them as a framework to mentor other engineers across the company to achieve their full potential.
• Make appropriate tradeoffs between schedule, features, and help the team make sound technical decisions.

You Have:

• You have a BS (accepted) or MS (Preferred) in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• You have been an active and productive member of interview teams
• You are experienced in defining technical designs, paradigms and processes across a team with an understanding of software development practices, system design, software design patterns, and algorithms.
• 5+ years of experience building and managing a diverse and empowered teams
• Experience with distributed systems and micro-service architecture in production
• Knowledge of distributed systems architectures and infrastructure.
• An engineering mindset that stays technically curious and engaged in innovation and encourages learning in the team.
• Thoughtful leadership with experience in hiring, coaching and retaining engineering talent with multiple needs for personal and professional growth.
• Partner for product management and engineering leaders, equally passionate about working with engineering and non-engineering team members

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is $168,000-$210,000. In Canada, Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.

Our Benefits

• Three weeks vacation
• Health Benefits
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life Insurance & Disability
• Continuing education and travel benefits

We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman's potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C 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.