Remitly Hosted Event: Transitioning from a Non-Tech Background to a Tech Role Author: Khushali Desai | SDE II, Passbook Earlier this fall, Remitly held an in-person event in collaboration with AnitaB Seattle and Indian Women in Computing (IWiC). …

Author: Jonah Glover | Engineering Manager, Fraud Prevention Often during discussions with candidates, I get asked: “Will my career progression at Remitly be straightforward, transparent, and consistent with other engineers at the company?” This is an excellent question and one that all engineers should consider when job hunting. …

Originally posted on LinkedIn — a great recap from Ankur Sinha, our Chief Technology Officer, who joined Remitly in February. TL;DR: A tech-forward company making a difference for immigrants! “Remember the name” — We’re just getting started! I’ve never been more excited in my professional career! For folks who know…

Author(s): Jake Weholt, Fangyan Chen, Matthew Drury Remitly customers send billions of their hard-earned dollars home each year. Hidden amongst these customers are bad actors attempting to defraud Remitly and the customers we work hard to protect. To help combat fraudulent activity, Remitly deploys a variety of methods, some of…

Author: Ryan Burrows In software development, we often use the term technical debt as a metaphor to describe shortcuts taken to more quickly get the product to a point where it can begin solving real problems. Like financial debt, it can be a valuable tool: borrow some development effort from…

Author: Jesse Epperson Overview In some areas with small populations and high community trust, it is common for people to leave their homes or cars unlocked. …

Author: Karim Meghji, CTO The Challenge: Moving Fast without Breaking Things As Remitly’s CTO, I have a responsibility to ensure our software engineering teams can deliver value to our customers and get their work done at optimal velocity. As a FinTech company, that’s not always easy. At Remitly, we treat…

Author: Łukasz Marszał, Infrastructure Engineer We all monitor CPU usage of our applications. When we see low cpu usage, we are tempted to to decrease resources or put more workloads on the machine — but is that the right approach? In this article I’ll attempt to answer this question. What is cpu usage? When…

As product managers, we’re always advocating for the best possible customer experience where our user gets their task done efficiently and effectively. What this usually means is eliminating friction. The dictionary definition for friction is: “the force that resists relative motion between two bodies in contact.” …