Senior Software Engineer, Issuing
Lithic · Remote
About this role
## Lithic — Senior Software Engineer (Issuing) Lithic is the modern card issuing and processing platform empowering ambitious financial companies to build the future of payments. ### About the role Issuing is the front door for Lithic and its customers’ card payments programs. Nearly every API interaction and card transaction traces back to a card or account created by a service the Issuing team owns. You’ll build and own services that manage the entire lifecycle of cards and account holders, including: - Card issuance - Physical card manufacturing - Digital wallet and agentic tokenization - KYB/KYC programs to keep customers and bank partners safe ### What you’ll do - Build and innovate in card and account lifecycle features - Own initiatives from planning to launch (partnering with stakeholders and applying developer-first product design) - Design APIs as products (endpoints, docs, and error messages) - Build resilient, fault-tolerant systems with predictable failure modes and fast recovery - Lead efforts to improve systems and processes within and across teams - Participate in the team’s on-call rotation - Write and operate production services in **Python** and **Rust** on **AWS** ### What you’ll bring - 4+ years shipping code in fast-paced production environments - Strong distributed systems design skills (high-availability, fault-tolerant services) - Experience building APIs that drive the product experience for external developers - Sound judgment on what must be right immediately vs. what can ship iteratively - Ability to advocate for high-leverage work and balance it with near-term deadlines - Experience in or desire to learn **Rust** - Growth mindset and continuous desire to learn and improve - Fintech experience (especially card payments) is a bonus ### Compensation & location - Annual US salary range: **$160,000 – $200,000** plus equity (range may vary by interview outcomes) - **Remote position** (must be located in the **United States or Canada**: Ontario or British Columbia) - **No visa sponsorship or assistance** ### Benefits (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 a complimentary Privacy.com employee account - Health, vision, and dental insurance; HSA contribution match - 401(k) match - Voluntary Life Insurance and STD/LTD ### Office / in-office details - NYC-based employees work from the SoHo office **three days a week** (Tuesdays & Thursdays are core days; choose a third day) - In-office employees receive commuter benefits and catered lunch every Tuesday and Thursday
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