Principal Engineer (Verification Platform)

Remitly

📍 vancouver, metro vancouver regional district, Canada

Full-time Other-General Posted June 04, 2026

Job Description

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a demonstrated track record of principal-level technical scope and organizational impact
  • Deep expertise in designing and operating distributed systems at scale including strong command of reliability, availability, and performance trade-offs
  • Proven experience building developer-facing APIs and internal platform services, with a genuine appreciation for developer experience and platform ergonomics
  • Prior experience as part of an internal platform or infrastructure team — understands the unique dynamics of building for internal developer customers, including adoption, versioning, and migration
  • Hands‑on experience with identity, authentication and authorization systems – IAM, OAuth, KYC pipelines, or similar verification and access control domains
  • Ability to lead through influence across multiple teams without direct authority, driving alignment on complex, cross...