L Senior Software Engineer, Issuing Lithic · Remote posted 7 months ago

Rustify; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lithic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Issuing team to lead the next phase of growth. This role focuses on card issuance, KYB/KYC, tokenization, and the API gateway, with a strong emphasis on reliability and developer-first design.

You will own cross-functional initiatives, mentor teammates, and help shape standards across engineering while learning Rust and expanding expertise in fintech payments.

Qualifications

• Production experience shipping features and leading projects.
• Strong distributed systems instincts and design skills.
• Interest in fintech and payments space preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of new card and account opening lifecycle features.
• Own initiatives from planning to launch with stakeholders.
• 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.

Skills

Distributed systems

Rust

Python

Cross-functional leadership

Growth mindset

Fintech interest

Job description

# Senior Software Engineer, IssuingLithic · Remote · Senior · RemoteView & ApplyWe 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 rotationQualifications:* 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