# Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

**Company:** [Lithic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lithic)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Backend Systems, Rust, Python, Java, API Design, Api Versioning, Backward Compatibility, Schema-Driven Development, Audit Logging, Api Gateways, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-09-03

> Build and operate the foundational API platform powering Lithic’s fintech products, with ownership across reliability, authorization, audit logging, and API evolution. Requires 4+ years of backend experience, strong API design skills, and senior-level ownership in a remote, async environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Write reliable, secure, and scalable code for the product platform while minimizing technical debt.
- Improve system reliability and participate in the team’s on-call rotation.
- Own projects from planning through launch, including API key management, reliability, audit logging, and search.
- Keep stakeholders informed and aligned throughout project delivery.
- Lead improvements to team systems and processes.

## Requirements
- 4+ years of experience building production backend systems, ideally public-facing APIs at scale.
- Experience with or willingness to learn Rust.
- Ability to understand systems written in Python and Java.
- Experience or interest in using AI tools to improve productivity.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, align diverse perspectives, and drive practical solutions.
- Understanding of API design fundamentals, including versioning, backward compatibility, and schema-driven development.
- Product thinking and ability to weigh tradeoffs from the customer’s perspective.
- Experience designing systems from scratch and owning product development end to end.
- Strong written communication skills.
- Experience working effectively in a remote, asynchronous team across time zones.

## Compensation
- Annual US salary: **$160,000–$200,000**, plus equity.

## Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off.
- 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- Four-week fully paid sabbatical after five years.
- Ability to work anywhere in the world for four weeks each year.
- 3% cashback on card purchases through a complimentary employee account.
- Health, vision, and dental insurance with HSA contribution matching.
- 401(k) match.
- Voluntary life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance.
- In-office employees receive commuter benefits and catered lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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