Senior Software Engineer, GMM

Remitly Poland sp. z o.o. is a global financial services company delivering secure and reliable ways for customers to send money globally since 2011. The company operates engineering squads in Kraków focused on Global Money Movement, handling secure data storage, customer accounts and wallets, and payment network processing. Their platforms run on AWS supporting high-throughput and high-availability services aligned with regulatory obligations.

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience using AI throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Java, Kotlin, or Golang.
• Experience designing secure, scalable, and performant distributed systems.
• Experience operating and improving production systems in a cloud environment such as AWS, including participation in on-call rotations.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases, and understanding data modeling trade-offs at scale.
• Experience leading technical design for team-level or cross-team initiatives.
• Experience growing and mentoring other engineers.
• Strong communication skills for working with stakeholders and external banking and payment partners.

Nice to have:

• Experience with DynamoDB or other large-scale NoSQL data stores.
• Payments/Fintech experience.
• Experience with PCI-scope systems or regulated, compliance-sensitive data.
• Experience designing multi-tenant platform services or shared infrastructure at scale.
• Experience leading complex initiatives spanning multiple services or teams.
• Strong understanding of observability, operational excellence, and performance optimization.
• Experience working directly with external banking and payment partners (e.g., card networks, payment processors).

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable backend services and APIs for storing, validating, or moving customers' financial data.
• Break down complex, cross-team features into components that can be delivered in parallel.
• Drive team-level projects from technical design through production readiness, including compliance and security considerations.
• Guide application design decisions and promote long-term maintainability across service boundaries.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical debt and operational risks.
• Improve system scalability, reliability, and performance for high-volume, regulated financial systems.
• Act as a technical point of contact for cross-team stakeholders and external banking and payment partners.
• Provide strong code and design reviews and mentor SDE peers.
• Partner with Product, Operations, and cross-functional stakeholders to clarify requirements, technical risks, and delivery plans.