Lithic
Lithic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Card Authorization team, owning real-time systems that ensure correct, reliable, and fast card authorization decisions. The role involves building customer-facing fraud tooling, improving system reliability, and leading efforts to enhance team processes and distributed systems at scale. This position requires strong backend development skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a remote, async-first environment.
Lithic is a developer-first card issuing and issuer-processing platform that lets businesses create, manage, and secure virtual and physical debit, credit, and prepaid cards via flexible APIs. The platform provides real-time authorization controls, programmable spend rules, tokenization, reporting, and risk/compliance tooling to power custom card programs for fintechs, marketplaces, and enterprises. Lithic focuses on clean APIs, scalable issuer-processing (clearing and settlement), and integrations that speed time-to-market for tailored payment products.
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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