Remitly · 3 days ago
Staff Security Engineer - CorpSec
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expRemitly is a company dedicated to providing secure and reliable financial services for global customers. They are looking for a Staff Security Engineer to lead the security of their workforce and business applications, implementing zero-trust principles and building controls to protect employees and integrations.
Financial ServicesFinTechPayments
Responsibilities
Secure the stack—review networks, endpoints, internal infrastructure and SaaS (Google Workspace, Okta, Salesforce, Slack, Workday)
Enforce zero-trust—deploy SASE/ZTNA and least-privilege IAM across AWS, GCP, and SaaS
Harden engineering platforms—lock down GitHub/GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, and CI/CD with policy-as-code
Automate with Python/Go and Terraform/Pulumi to eliminate manual steps and close the loop on findings
Lead reviews—run threat models and audits for everything from new offices and integrations and then track remediation to closure
Write to align—deliver one-pagers that clarify risk and drive consensus
Mentor & Influence engineers and admins, championing secure-by-default practices
Adapt Email Defense — adopt improved email protections and streamline incident handling through integrated analyst workflows
Strengthen App Controls — implement app review automation to reduce risk and promote safe integrations
Improve Data Safeguards — enforce controls on sensitive data access and monitor for unusual behavior
Elevate CI/CD Integrity — apply security checks to code and build pipelines, reducing risk from untrusted sources
Qualification
Required
7+ years in security or software engineering with deep SaaS/cloud exposure
Multi-team initiatives reduce risk and are automated, repeatable, and measurable
Default-secure controls shorten onboarding and cut operational toil
Stakeholders understand trade-offs, align quickly, and adopt the systems you build
Strong grasp of TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, VPN, and modern SASE/ZTNA platforms
Proficient in Python or Go (bonus TypeScript) and IaC (Terraform/Pulumi)
Hands-on with WAFs, API security, SIEM detections, and incident response
Experience securing AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, GitHub, and CI/CD
Familiarity with identity, endpoint, and DLP controls (Okta, MDM, insider-threat)
Practical experience managing OAuth app risk and reducing token abuse
Clear communication and a bias for measurable outcomes
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
Company
Remitly
Remitly is a mobile payments service that enables users to make person-to-person international money transfers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (76)
2024 (54)
2023 (59)
2022 (42)
2021 (25)
2020 (10)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.08BKey Investors
JP MorganVisaPayU GPO
2025-06-24Post Ipo Debt· $550M
2023-01-20Post Ipo Equity· $6.74M
2021-09-23IPO
Leadership Team
Matthew Oppenheimer
Chief Executive Officer
Vikas Mehta
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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