2 months ago
Remote, United States +4 moreSenior
Base Salary
$160k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Write reliable, secure, and scalable code for Lithic’s product platform while minimizing technical debt.
- Improve system reliability and participate in the team’s on-call rotation.
- Own projects end to end, including API key management, reliability, audit logging, and search initiatives.
- Lead improvements to team systems and processes while keeping stakeholders aligned.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience building production backend systems, ideally including public-facing APIs at scale.
- Experience with or willingness to learn Rust and ability to understand systems written in Python and Java.
- Experience with API design fundamentals, including versioning, backward compatibility, and schema-driven development.
- Ability to design systems from scratch and own product development from inception through launch.
- Strong written communication, product thinking, practical decision-making, and ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Experience working in a remote, async-first team across time zones.
- Interest and experience in using AI tools to improve productivity.
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO.
- Twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- Four-week fully paid sabbatical after the five-year anniversary.
- Ability to work from anywhere in the world for four weeks each year.
- 3% cashback on card purchases through a complimentary Privacy.com employee account.
- Health, vision, and dental insurance with HSA contribution matching.
- 401(k) match, voluntary life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Remote position open to candidates in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, or Czech Republic; visa sponsorship is not offered.
- NYC-based employees work from the SoHo office three days per week, including Tuesdays and Thursdays plus one selected day.
- Commuter benefits and catered lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays for in-office employees.
About Lithic
Lithic builds a card issuing and processing platform with APIs for developers to launch debit, credit, and prepaid card programs and move money. It sells B2B payment infrastructure and operational services, charging fees for card issuing, processing, and program management; customers include Mercury, Flex, and Novo. Privately held and headquartered in New York, it serves fintechs and platforms needing spend controls, reconciliation, and direct network connections.