Senior Software Engineer - Payments Processing (Remote)

Kenyan Edu; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Sabbatical

Work From Anywhere

Health, vision, and dental insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Lithic is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Processing team to lead real-time interfaces with payment networks. You will own the reliability, latency, and correctness of transaction processing systems across Mastercard, Visa, and Amex, building scalable services in Java, Python, and Kotlin on AWS.

This is a remote-friendly, hybrid role with NYC commutable requirements. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and operations, drive cross-functional projects, and participate in

Qualifications

• 8+ years of 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.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high reliability, low latency, and correctness for Lithic's transaction processing interfaces and related services.
• Develop new capabilities across authorization, clearing/settlement, disputes, and network integration surfaces.
• Own initiatives from planning to launch, keeping stakeholders informed and aligned along the way.
• Participate in the team on-call rotation and lead efforts to improve systems and processes.
• Collaborate with the engineering manager and product manager on strategic planning.

Skills

Java

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

AWS

Tools

AWS

Job description

Lithic is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Processing team to lead real-time interfaces with payment networks. You will own the reliability, latency, and correctness of transaction processing systems across Mastercard, Visa, and Amex, building scalable services in Java, Python, and Kotlin on AWS.

This is a remote-friendly, hybrid role with NYC commutable requirements. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and operations, drive cross-functional projects, and participate in