You Will
Design, maintain and own authorization infrastructure — including access control frameworks, policy engines, and entitlement systems — ensuring correctness, reliability, and high-performance at scale.
Lead threat modeling and security design reviews for authorization systems and their integrations, applying adversarial thinking to stress-test access control decisions before they reach production.
Define and enforce security architecture standards across engineering teams that consume authorization services, acting as a trusted security authority and partner.
Collaborate with engineering, product, and compliance teams to define and deliver technical solutions from concept through launch and support.
Develop and improve RBAC, ABAC, and policy-as-code models, driving high standards of quality, maintainability, and observability.
Proactively identify and remediate security vulnerabilities in access control systems, including privilege escalation risks, insecure direct object references, and broken access control patterns.
Contribute to the team's technical strategy, code reviews, and ongoing process improvements.
Champion Remitly's values by fostering inclusion, mentoring peers, and elevating engineering practices.
Support customers onboarding onto the Authorization platform.
You Have
A BS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
8+ years of experience in backend and/or distributed systems engineering (e.g., Java, Go, Node.js, TypeScript)
Have deep expertise in access control models, authorization system design, and applied security engineering — not just as a user of security services, but as an owner and builder of them.
Hands-on experience with authorization frameworks and access control patterns, including RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, and policy languages such as Cedar or OPA/Rego.
A track record of conducting threat modeling and security design reviews for distributed systems, with familiarity with common attack patterns against authorization systems (e.g., privilege escalation, IDOR, broken access control).
Experience designing and operating high-scale, low-latency authorization decision systems where correctness and availability are both non-negotiable.
Experience collaborating with product, engineering, and compliance partners to deliver high-impact, security-critical solutions.
The ability to deliver high-quality, well-tested code, and a track record of solving challenging security problems with thoughtful trade-offs.
The starting base salary range for this position is typically $180,000-$225,000, with equity included as part of Remitly’s total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about benefits, equity, and the full compensation package. Compensation may vary depending on location and level.
Our Benefits
Four weeks vacation
Health Benefits
Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
RRSP plan with company match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Life Insurance & Disability
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.
Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. 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
At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
