Software Development Manager Jobs in Washington
Software Development Manager jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, e-commerce technology, and defense systems, with demand at every level from team lead to senior director. Seattle and the Eastside corridor anchoring Bellevue and Redmond drive the highest volume of openings, while Kirkland sees steady hiring from established names including Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing. The most in-demand specializations are distributed systems engineering management, platform and cloud services leadership, and AI and machine learning team management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Category: Engineering
Job ID: R_107132
Job Type: Regular
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.
About the Role:
We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Scout team—Remitly's agentic AI team responsible for building AI-powered experiences that help customers send money, solve problems, and complete tasks wherever they are—whether on Remitly's website, mobile app, or third-party platforms like WhatsApp.
As a member of the Scout team, you'll collaborate across teams to enable money transfer functionality on external platforms and help other domains by providing them with a robust conversational AI platform. You'll be involved in prototyping, validating, and scaling new AI-driven solutions.
This role offers the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional partners including UX, Legal, Compliance, and Marketing, as well as most platform engineering teams, giving you exposure to a wide range of technical and business challenges.
You Will:
- Gather and analyze requirements.
- Design, code, and test APIs, data storage solutions, and integration with third-party services. Identify and fix issues or bugs.
- Work with the team to quickly resolve problems and maintain system stability.
- Collaborate with teams, including product/program managers and marketing, compliance and legal specialists.
- Guide the team's technical strategy while leading, shipping features and systems.
- Incorporate AI-assisted development into project-level estimates, identifying where AI tools compress timelines and adjusting plans accordingly.
- Evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability before it ships.
- Guide peers on effective and responsible AI use, including validation practices and sound judgment with AI-generated output.
- Promote engineering excellence by delivering well-tested, observable, documented, efficient, scalable, and resilient solutions, improving team processes, and contributing to cross-team technical designs.
- Explore new problem areas, using AI where useful to deliver prototypes or proofs-of-concept.
You Have:
- A BS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of professional experience
- Experience building and optimizing large-scale web architectures.
- Experience evaluating AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability, and coaching others on responsible AI use
- Knowledge of backend programming languages such as Java or Golang
- Proven experience software development practices, system design, software design patterns, and algorithms
- Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $180,000-$225,000. In the U.S., 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.
#LI-Onsite
Our 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
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.
Category: Engineering
Job ID: R_107132
Job Type: Regular
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.
About the Role:
We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Scout team—Remitly's agentic AI team responsible for building AI-powered experiences that help customers send money, solve problems, and complete tasks wherever they are—whether on Remitly's website, mobile app, or third-party platforms like WhatsApp.
As a member of the Scout team, you'll collaborate across teams to enable money transfer functionality on external platforms and help other domains by providing them with a robust conversational AI platform. You'll be involved in prototyping, validating, and scaling new AI-driven solutions.
This role offers the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional partners including UX, Legal, Compliance, and Marketing, as well as most platform engineering teams, giving you exposure to a wide range of technical and business challenges.
You Will:
- Gather and analyze requirements.
- Design, code, and test APIs, data storage solutions, and integration with third-party services. Identify and fix issues or bugs.
- Work with the team to quickly resolve problems and maintain system stability.
- Collaborate with teams, including product/program managers and marketing, compliance and legal specialists.
- Guide the team's technical strategy while leading, shipping features and systems.
- Incorporate AI-assisted development into project-level estimates, identifying where AI tools compress timelines and adjusting plans accordingly.
- Evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability before it ships.
- Guide peers on effective and responsible AI use, including validation practices and sound judgment with AI-generated output.
- Promote engineering excellence by delivering well-tested, observable, documented, efficient, scalable, and resilient solutions, improving team processes, and contributing to cross-team technical designs.
- Explore new problem areas, using AI where useful to deliver prototypes or proofs-of-concept.
You Have:
- A BS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of professional experience
- Experience building and optimizing large-scale web architectures.
- Experience evaluating AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability, and coaching others on responsible AI use
- Knowledge of backend programming languages such as Java or Golang
- Proven experience software development practices, system design, software design patterns, and algorithms
- Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $180,000-$225,000. In the U.S., 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.
#LI-Onsite
Our 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
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.
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Where Washington roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Software Development Manager Job Market in Washington
A snapshot from current Washington openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Amazon363
- Amazon Web Services156
- Blue Origin16
- Remitly9
- TikTok5
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software19
- Distribution & Wholesale13
- Retail7
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces7
- Social Media1
What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in software development manager jobs across Washington.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
- Proven experience leading software engineering teams through full product development cycles
- Hands-on background as a software engineer or senior developer before moving into management
- Familiarity with agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe at scale
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud in production environments
- Strong record of cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and infrastructure teams
Software Development Manager Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a software development manager in Washington?
The most direct path is building several years of hands-on software engineering experience, then demonstrating leadership through tech lead or staff engineer roles before formally managing a team. Washington does not require a state-issued license for software development managers. Most employers in the Seattle and Eastside markets expect a bachelor's degree in computer science or a closely related field, and many favor candidates who have led teams building distributed or cloud-native systems.
Which companies hire software development managers in Washington?
Employers hiring software development managers in Washington right now include Amazon, Amazon Web Services, and Blue Origin, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Washington's density of technology headquarters and large engineering campuses makes it one of the few markets where both hyper-scale companies and well-funded growth-stage firms compete for experienced engineering managers at the same time.
Which Washington cities have the most software development manager jobs?
Seattle, Redmond, and Bellevue have the most software development manager openings in Washington. Seattle anchors the largest share because of its concentration of technology headquarters and major cloud and e-commerce operations, while Bellevue and Redmond reflect the massive engineering campuses of Microsoft and other established tech employers that have built their largest teams on the Eastside.
Are there remote software development manager jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 33% of software development manager openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how naturally suited the role is to distributed work. The parts of the job most commonly done remotely are one-on-ones, sprint planning, and roadmap reviews, while on-site presence is most often required for hiring interviews, team offsites, and cross-functional strategy sessions.
How can I get hired as a software development manager in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a formal engineering management role from a senior or staff engineer position at a Washington employer that offers structured internal mobility, such as Amazon, Microsoft, or mid-size technology companies in the Seattle and Eastside market. Look for internal postings labeled engineering lead, tech lead manager, or development lead, which often serve as first-rung management roles. Building a record of mentoring junior engineers and owning a roadmap deliverable strengthens any internal or external candidacy significantly.
Where can I find and apply to software development manager jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to software development manager jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings across industries and hiring levels. Find roles that fit your experience and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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