Lithic is the modern card issuing and processing platform empowering ambitious financial companies to build the future of payments.

Our infrastructure powers card programs for 100+ innovative clients, from fintechs reimagining credit and digital banking to platforms transforming disbursements and spend management. Companies like Mercury, Flex, and Novo rely on Lithic's developer-friendly APIs, direct network connections, and flawless reconciliation to launch and scale card programs in weeks, not years.

We're building a future where access to better financial products materially improves people's lives, free from the constraints of 30-year-old mainframes and legacy processors. We're proud to be backed by world-class investors who share that vision, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Stripes, and Mastercard, along with many others.

We're a team of 160+ across 26 states and 7 countries, headquartered in New York City. Our values (Customer Centricity, Deliver Excellence, Act Like an Owner, Iterate Iterate Iterate, Teach Others, and Be a Good Neighbor) shape how we work and grow as a team.

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 - $200,000

This is a remote position. However, candidates must be located in the United States, Canada, Netherlands, Poland, or Czech Republic. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance.

Benefits for Full-Time US Employees:

• Unlimited PTO

• 12-weeks fully paid parental leave

• 4-Week Fully Paid Sabbatical (earned at your 5-year anniversary)

• Work From Anywhere: work from anywhere in the world 4-weeks each year

• 3% cashback on card purchases with your complimentary Privacy.com employee account

• Health, vision, and dental insurance; HSA Contribution Match

• 401(k) match

• Voluntary Life Insurance and STD/LTD

NYC-based employees work from our So Ho office three days a week. Tuesdays and Thursdays are our core days, and you'll choose a third day that works for your schedule and team needs.

In-office employees receive:

• Commuter benefit

• Catered lunch every Tuesday and Thursday