Lithic creates card issuing and payment infrastructure for technology companies that just works. We help some of the world’s fastest-growing digital banks, fintech companies, and software companies process billions in transactions annually.

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer for our Issuing team to lead Lithic’s next phase of growth. The Issuing team builds and maintains services that manage the entire lifecycle of an account holder and card, including card issuance, physical card manufacturing, digital wallet tokenization, as well as KYB/KYC. Additionally, the Issuing team designs and maintains the stability of Lithic’s API (gateway, SDK), working with other teams to maintain our developer-first brand promise. You will become an expert in the card payments space. The team primarily uses Python and is rapidly adopting Rust.

Job responsibilities:

Lead development of new card and account opening lifecycle features (card issuance, tokenization, physical card manufacturing, KYB/KYC, document collection & applications)
Own initiatives from planning to launch, keeping stakeholders informed and aligned along the way
Ensure high reliability and availability for Lithic’s API
Orchestrate cross functional teamwork to design standards across all engineering teams
Provide expertise to bring industry best practices to our APIs
Lead efforts to improve systems and processes within the team
Participate in the team on-call rotation

Qualifications:

Experience shipping in production environment and leading projects
Strong distributed system instincts and design skills
Experience in or desire to learn Rust
Ability to lead cross-functional projects and step in as a strong individual contributor
Growth mindset and continuous desire to learn and improve
An interest in fintech and the payments space is preferred

Base salary range for US candidates: $160,000 - $190,000

Benefits:

Health, vision, and dental insurance; HSA Contribution Match
Unlimited PTO
401(k) match
Voluntary Life Insurance and AD&D
3% cashback on all Privacy purchases
12-weeks fully paid parental leave
Work From Anywhere: work from anywhere in the world 4-weeks each year
5-Year Fully Paid 4-Week Sabbatical Program

We believe in-person collaboration boosts creativity, communication, and agility, which are key to our growth. Employees in the NYC area are asked to work from our SoHo office three days a week - Tuesdays and Thursdays are core in-office days - the third is flexible.

In-office employees receive:

$50/month towards your commute
Free lunch every Tuesday and Thursday

Senior Software Engineer, Issuing

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