Principal Backend Engineer
RemitlySpokane, WAhybrid$191K–$298KGrowthPosted 21d ago · Aug 24, 2026
Remitly is hiring a principal backend engineer to work on software engineering for cross-border remittances for immigrant communities, built mobile-first.
What you would own
- Design, build and operate services that carry production traffic.
- Raise the reliability and latency bar for the systems you own.
- Review designs and mentor engineers across the team.
Skills
TypeScriptGoPythonKubernetesPostgreSQLReactKafkaSnowflakeRustgRPCTerraform
What Agraph knows about Remitly
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Employees
3.1K
+6.9% 90d
Open roles
128
+23% 30d
Remote share
34%
Activity score
60
0–100
Job posting spike
Remitly job postings up 23% in 30 days
Open roles moved from 104 to 128 over the trailing 30 days, with data engineer roles leading the increase.
Open job postings128+23%/ 30 days
A sustained increase at this rate usually precedes headcount growth by one to two quarters.
VerifiedAgraph dataHigh importance43
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