Job description

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 Staff Software Engineer for our Treasury team to lead Lithic’s next phase of growth - you’ll be doing as much technical leadership as you will be writing code. The Treasury team maintains and builds the backend services that manage the flow of funds between Lithic and third parties. This includes our ledger, ACH and wire infrastructure, and associated reconciliation. The systems we maintain have high standards of reliability and correctness. You will become an expert in the card payments space. The Treasury team primarily uses Python for their tech stack.

What You'll Do:

Ensure high reliability and correctness for Lithic’s ledger and orchestrated funds flows
Develop new features to better serve Lithic customers
Ensure that the team is delivering reliable, secure, and scalable code with minimal tech debt
Own initiatives from planning to launch, keeping stakeholders informed and aligned along the way
Lead efforts to improve systems and processes both within the team and across engineering
Help drive strategic planning in collaboration with the engineering manager and product manager
Mentor, sponsor, and empower team members to help them grow
Participate in the team on-call rotation

What You Bring:

8+ years experience shipping code in fast paced production environments
Advanced distributed system instincts and design skills
Experience driving large cross-functional projects across engineering, product, and operations teams
Thrive at turning requirements into working software swiftly
A proven commitment to empathy and inclusion
Excellent communication skills
Growth mindset and continuous desire to learn and improve is a must
An interest in fintech and the payments space is preferred

Base salary range for US candidates: $200,000 - $220,000

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: