Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

Job responsibilities:

• Write reliable, secure, and scalable code for Lithic's product platform with minimal tech debt
• Improve the reliability of systems in team’s scope and participate in the team on-call rotation
• Own projects from planning to launch, spanning areas like API key management, reliability, audit logging, or search, keeping stakeholders informed and aligned along the way
• Lead efforts to improve systems and processes within the team

Qualifications:

• 4+ years building production backend systems, ideally including public-facing APIs at scale
• Experience in or desire to learn Rust; ability to understand Lithic’s system written in other programming languages (Python, Java)
• Interest and experience in leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, align diverse perspectives, and drive toward practical solutions
• Experience with API design fundamentals and product thinking: versioning, backward compatibility, schema-driven development, and weighing tradeoffs from the customer's perspective
• Comfort with designing systems from scratch and owning the product development process end-to-end
• Strong written communication skills and experience working in a remote, async-first team that’s spread across time zones
• The annual US salary range for this role is $160,000 to $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, Canada, Netherlands, Poland, or Czech Republic. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance.

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