Director of Engineering - App Platform at Remitly in Seattle, WA

Director of Engineering - App Platform
Location: Seattle, Washington United States
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:
The way software gets built is changing faster than at any point in the last twenty years. At Remitly, we move money for millions of customers around the world, and how fast and well we do that depends on the platforms and tooling our builders use every day.
We're hiring a Director of Engineering to lead our App Platform team. You'll evolve the systems behind Remitly's web and native client experiences, including deep ownership of the platforms our iOS and Android teams build on — along with the tooling our engineers use to build our products and customer experiences.
Your mandate is to transform how we build, increasing the velocity of every engineering and product team at Remitly quarter over quarter.
This is a hands-on role. You'll set direction and grow leaders, while using the tools yourself, shipping and forming your own opinions from first contact. The teams winning right now aren't the ones with the best roadmaps. They're the ones shipping the third version while everyone else is debating the first.
You Will:
Transform how Remitly builds, increasing the velocity of every engineering and product team at the company
Improve the inner- and outer-loop surfaces closest to daily product development, including build systems, local development, and client infrastructure
Own the native mobile platform roadmap — architecture, build systems, release infrastructure, and developer tooling — for the teams building Remitly's iOS and Android experiences
Place thoughtful technical bets, run them as experiments, double down on what's working, and retire what isn't
Hire and develop senior managers, principal engineers, and builders who are equal parts platform operators and experimenters
Hold the operational, reliability, and quality bar for the platforms you own
Build a team culture that treats the rate of change in this industry as its single biggest asset
You Have:
8+ years of technical leadership experience, including 5+ leading multiple teams
History building and operating platforms and tooling that engineers actually use and prefer
Experience hiring and developing senior engineering managers and principal engineers
Track record leading native mobile platform organizations — iOS and Android — including release, build, and platform experience investments at scale
Concrete examples of moving your team or yourself ahead of a major industry shift rather than catching up after the fact
Comfort holding a thoughtful technical opinion in a room of executives, and translating business strategy into technical bets and back
Fluency with the current generation of AI-native developer tooling, and ideas about what comes next that go beyond "use the tools more"
Range: you can move from a flaky test in CI to a platform thesis without dropping either
Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $240,000 - $300,000. In the U.S., 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:
Flexible paid time off
Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Continuing education and travel benefits
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
Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.