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Remitly Salary

Remitly Salary

Remitly pays a median of $189K ($162K–$203K) across 71 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $162K–$203K salary range

Median: $189K  ·  Based on 71 public Remitly job postings  ·  Updated August 30, 2026


This Remitly salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Remitly · pay benchmark · updated August 30, 2026
$189K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$162K–$203K
Typical range
$300K view JD
Highest base · Principal AI Native Software Engineer
71
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+24
71 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 90% of roles mention equity · espp, rsu
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$162K (12)
Senior
$190K (34)
Staff
$234K (16)
Highest-paying skills
TypeScript $203KJava $203KKotlin $203KGo $203KPython $203KReact $203KReact Native $203KAWS $203K

Highest-paying open roles at Remitly

Remitly salary by seniority

  • Mid: $162K median · $210K top base — Security Engineer (view JD) (12)
  • Senior: $190K median · $260K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Remitly Global Card (view JD) (34)
  • Staff: $234K median · $300K top base — Principal AI Native Software Engineer (view JD) (16)

Remitly salary — lead & management

  • Director: $234K median · $300K top base — Director of Engineering - App Platform (view JD) (5)

Remitly salary by location

  • Seattle: $189K median · $300K top base — Principal Software Development Engineer, Core Transfer Experience (view JD) (49 roles)

Remote work at Remitly

0% of Remitly's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Remitly looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Java (19) · AWS (18) · Go (17) · Python (16) · TypeScript (12) · Kotlin (12) · React (10) · GCP (9) · Azure (9) · SQL (9).

Benefits & perks at Remitly

Commonly listed: medical (63) · dental (63) · mental-health (63) · 401k (62) · pto (62) · life-ins (2) · hsa-fsa (1).

About Remitly

Remitly is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2011 · HQ Seattle, Washington. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Remitly

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 15 that do, Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 90% of these postings reference equity (espp, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Remitly total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Remitly hiring activity

Remitly has 71 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 71 public job postings with disclosed pay. 24 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (71 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Remitly pay?
The median pay is $189K, with a typical range of $162K–$203K, based on 71 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Remitly?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal AI Native Software Engineer, at $240K–$300K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 71 public Remitly job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed August 30, 2026.

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