Join Lithic as a Senior Software Engineer to build and innovate in card and account lifecycle features for a remote-first team.
Posted by employer 16 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 7 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 7 hours ago
What you'll build
- Build and innovate in card and account lifecycle features
- Own initiatives from planning to launch
- Design APIs as products
- Build resilient, fault-tolerant systems
- Write and operate production services
Must have
- 4+ years of experience shipping code
- Strong distributed systems design skills
- Experience building APIs for external developers
Nice to have
- Experience in fintech
- Desire to learn Rust
Practical constraints
- Candidates must be located in the United States or Canada
Requirements
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Software Engineer on the Issuing team at Lithic, the individual will focus on developing and managing services that oversee the entire lifecycle of card and account holders. Key skills include expertise in Python and Rust, along with a strong foundation in building high-availability APIs and distributed systems. This position is ideal for someone with over four years of experience in fast-paced environments, particularly those with a background in fintech or a keen interest in card payments. The team operates in a collaborative environment, emphasizing developer-friendly solutions and cross-functional partnerships.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze November 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Lithic's careers page November 14, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 26% of 162 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $173,000 across 65 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 40.6% of 525 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Rust appears in 10.9% of 525 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Issuing role remote?
- Yes — Lithic lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Lithic lists $160,000–$200,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Issuing role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Python, Rust.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Lithic targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Issuing role at Lithic.
From the original posting
Lithic is the modern card issuing and processing platform empowering ambitious financial companies to build the future of payments.
Lithic is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for our Issuing team to work cross-functionally with product, solutions, compliance and support to build reliable, developer-friendly experiences that make the complicated world of payments safe and easy for our customers and their users.
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. We can be the reason a launch is successful, a customer signs on or an end user takes up a payment card in their day-to-day life.
You’ll build and own the services that manage the entire lifecycle of cards and account holders, including card issuance, physical card manufacturing, digital wallet and agentic tokenization, as well as the KYB/KYC programs that keep our customers and bank partners safe. Working with our team will turn you into an expert in the card payments space.
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement listed below!
What You’ll Do:
- Build and innovate in card and account lifecycle features
- Own initiatives from planning to launch, including working with stakeholders and demonstrating developer-first product design thinking
- Design APIs as products, thinking through the developer experience from endpoints to docs to error messages
- Build resilient, fault-tolerant systems with predictable failure modes and fast recovery
- Lead efforts to improve systems and processes both within the team 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 of experience shipping code in fast-paced production environments
- Strong distributed systems design skills, including building high-availability, fault-tolerant services
- Experience building APIs that drive the product experience for external developers
- Sound judgment about what has to be right the first time and what can ship with a narrower scope and be iterated on later
- The ability to advocate for high-leverage work and weigh it collaboratively against near-term deadlines
- Experience in or desire to learn Rust
- Growth mindset and continuous desire to learn and improve
- Previous experience in fintech (especially card payments) is a bonus
The annual US salary range for this role is $160,000 - $200,000 plus equity. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Lithic and will be narrowed during the interview process based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
This is a remote position. However, candidates must be located in the United States or Canada (Ontario or British Columbia). We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance.
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