Sr Software Development Manager Jobs in Washington
Sr Software Development Manager jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, and consumer technology across a market that ranges from early-career engineering leads to senior principals overseeing large distributed teams. Seattle dominates hiring, with Bellevue and Redmond close behind, anchored by employers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing, who maintain large and consistent engineering leadership pipelines in the state. The most in-demand specialties are platform engineering, machine learning systems, and distributed cloud services. 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.
Sr Software Development Manager Job Market in Washington
A snapshot from current Washington openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Amazon56
- Amazon Web Services27
- Remitly5
- Blue Origin5
- Hasbro2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Distribution & Wholesale
- Retail
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces
What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in sr software development manager jobs across Washington.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
- Seven or more years of software engineering experience including people management responsibilities
- Proven experience leading teams building large-scale distributed or cloud-native systems
- Deep familiarity with agile delivery, engineering roadmaps, and cross-functional stakeholder management
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud in production environments
- Strong background in recruiting, mentoring, and growing senior individual contributors into leadership roles
Sr Software Development Manager Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a sr software development manager in Washington?
The standard path in Washington is to build several years of hands-on software engineering experience, move into a tech lead or staff engineer role, then step into people management as an engineering manager before reaching the senior level. Washington does not require a state-issued license or certification for this role. Employers in the Seattle area typically expect a bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering and a demonstrable record of leading teams shipping production software.
Which companies hire sr software development managers in Washington?
Employers hiring sr software development managers in Washington right now include Amazon, Amazon Web Services, and Remitly, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Washington's concentration of cloud computing and enterprise software headquarters means demand is unusually consistent year-round rather than driven by seasonal hiring cycles.
Which Washington cities have the most sr software development manager jobs?
The cities with the most sr software development manager openings in Washington are Seattle, Redmond, and Bellevue. Seattle anchors the market as the headquarters city for Amazon and a major hub for Google and Meta, while Bellevue and Redmond draw heavily from Microsoft's sprawling campus operations and the dense cluster of technology companies that have grown around them.
Are there remote sr software development manager jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 53% of sr software development manager openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the desk-based and cross-functional nature of engineering leadership work. The parts of the role most amenable to remote arrangements are roadmap planning, architecture review, and one-on-one coaching, while on-site presence is more commonly expected for large org planning cycles or on-call incident command.
How can I get hired as a sr software development manager in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving from a senior individual contributor role into a first-time engineering manager position at a mid-size Washington technology company, where the step up is more accessible than at large enterprises. Microsoft, Amazon, and Expedia Group all run internal engineering leadership development programs that promote strong senior engineers into people management. Building a record of technical mentorship, leading project delivery, and contributing to hiring decisions in your current role signals readiness before the formal title change.
Where can I find and apply to sr software development manager jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to sr software development manager jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings updated regularly. Search the listings, find roles that fit your background and target location, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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