Job Description:
At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward.
We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.
The Sr. Manager, Compliance Analytics & BI at Remitly is a multi-disciplinary leader responsible for directing a team of Analysts and Data Engineers. You will oversee the end-to-end data and analytics lifecycle - define the data pipelines, drive and influence the architecture of data marts, and deliver mission-critical and actionable analytics products. This role requires you to balance tactical and hands-on technical expertise with strategic thinking and leadership to ensure that our data and analytics infrastructure directly enable impactful business decisions and production-grade analytics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership & People Management: Select, develop, and evaluate a diverse team of data scientists and analytics professionals, providing mentorship on both technical craft and professional growth.
- Data Engineering Oversight: Direct the engineering team in building and operating reliable, scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) that ingest data from diverse sources and make it available for broader consumption, at scale.
- Data Architecture & Mart Modeling: Lead the design and implementation of domain-specific data marts, ensuring data structures are optimized for both descriptive metrics and advanced statistical modeling.
- Strategic Advisory: Advise business leaders by providing data-based strategic direction and identifying opportunities that impact company-level OKRs.
- Operational Excellence: Manage objective-based assignments, determine resource allocation (balancing technical debt with new features), and establish procedures for well-tested, documented, and scalable code.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Engineering, Product, and other Business functions to ensure data integrity and real-time availability, where needed.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Educational Background: Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics), with a Master's or PhD preferred for deep data science oversight.
- AI Readiness: Demonstrated familiarity in using AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, and/or ChatGPT to accelerate problem-solving, automate routine data tasks, and generate insights for complex business problems.
- Data Engineering: Deep knowledge of data ingestion methods, pipeline orchestration (e.g., Airflow), and database technologies.
- Data Modeling: Expertise in designing scalable data architectures and system designs.
- Analytics Toolkit: Mastery of SQL and Python/R for data transformation and analysis.
- Platforms: Familiarity with AWS Services (Sagemaker, S3, Glue), visualization tools (Tableau, Mode), and experimentation platforms.
- Experience: Extensive experience (8-12+ years) in data engineering, data science, or analytics roles. Proven experience managing technical professionals and guiding teams through complex, abstract problem spaces.
- Problem Solving: A "master of the 80/20 rule" who can triage complex challenges toward the most effective engineering or analytical methodology.
- Communication: Exceptional ability to translate technical infrastructure needs and complex data insights into clear narratives for executive stakeholders.
Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $148,000 - $185000 CAD. In Canada, Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.
Our Benefits:
- 4 weeks' vacation
- Health, dental, and vision + RRSP 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
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. For corporate team members, we have an in-office expectation of at least 50% of the time monthly, typically achieved by coming in three days a week. This creates a consistent, meaningful overlap that supports team norms and business needs. Managers also have the flexibility to set higher expectations based on their team's specific needs. 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.