Software Engineer, Treasury

About the role

Lithic is seeking experienced Software Engineers to join our Treasury team. The Treasury team is responsible for managing the flow of funds between Lithic and third parties, including our ledger, ACH, and wire infrastructure, and associated reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Own initiatives from planning to launch, keeping stakeholders informed and aligned while maintaining a high bar for quality.
• Own your learning of business domains and technical stacks to build a comprehensive mental model of the Treasury ecosystem and how money moves—while the team helps you get there.
• Improve system resilience and ensure high reliability and correctness for Lithic’s ledger and orchestrated funds flows.
• [Senior] Lead the architectural direction and solve our most complex technical challenges, ensuring our systems scale gracefully as we grow.

Requirements

• Business and technical curiosity: You have a natural drive to peel back layers of a system until you understand the root cause of a problem and how it impacts the broader financial ecosystem.
• A structured approach to learning: You demonstrate a growth mindset centered on building complete mental models of complex systems.
• Autonomy and urgency: You have high agency and thrive in an environment where you are given a problem space rather than a list of tasks, moving with purpose to deliver high-quality solutions.
• [Senior] Experience building distributed systems: You have the technical judgment required to design and scale high-stakes infrastructure where reliability and correctness are foundational.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python and AWS (DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, Step Functions, etc.)
• Understanding of the global payments ecosystem

Skills

• Python programming skills
• Experience with AWS services
• Understanding of distributed systems and reliability

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• 12-weeks fully paid parental leave
• 4-Week Fully Paid Sabbatical (earned at your 5-year anniversary)
• Work From Anywhere: work from anywhere in the world 4-weeks each year
• 3% cashback on card purchases with your complimentary Privacy.com employee account
• Health, vision, and dental insurance; HSA Contribution Match
• 401(k) match
• Voluntary Life Insurance and STD/LTD

Pay

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.

Schedule

This is a remote position. However, candidates must be located in the United States, Canada, Netherlands, Poland, or Czech Republic. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance.

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