Lithic - Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform
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Requirements
• Strong Python proficiency with experience building backend services and REST APIs • Experience with web frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar • Solid SQL skills and hands-on experience with modern cloud data warehouses (Snowflake strongly preferred) • Experience designing and building production APIs with proper authentication, versioning, and error handling • Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, and operational reliability practices • A track record of shipping reliable, well-tested services in production environments • Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving projects forward with minimal oversight • Preferred: • Experience with data pipeline development using tools like Airflow, Airbyte, Dagster, or similar • Familiarity with dbt or similar transformation frameworks • Experience in fintech, payments, or other financial services environments • Familiarity with AWS services (Lambda, S3, RDS, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate) • Kafka or event streaming experience • Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform, Pulumi) • Experience at a company processing high transaction volumes where correctness and reliability are non-negotiable • The annual US salary range for this role is $146,000 – $230,000 plus equity. This salary range is 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. • Crack the code • A hidden code is tucked into this application. Find it and enter it below to continue. • IyEvdXNyL2Jpbi9lbnYgcHl0aG9uMwoiIiJUaGUgYW5zd2VyIHRvIGxpZmUsIHRoZSB1bml2ZXJzZSwgYW5kIGV2ZXJ5dGhpbmcg4oCUIGVuY3J5cHRlZC4iIiIKCnBhc3N3b3JkID0gYiJceGVkXHhjMSIKX2tleSA9IGIiXHhkOVx4ZjNceGVkXHhmYlx4ODBceGM0flx4YTdcblx4YjhceGZiPFx4ZmJPXlx4ZmIiCgpkZWYgZGVjcnlwdF9wYXNzd29yZCgpIC0+IHN0cjoKICAgIHJldHVybiBieXRlcyhhIF4gYiBmb3IgYSwgYiBpbiB6aXAocGFzc3dvcmQsIF9rZXkpKS5kZWNvZGUoKQoKaWYgX19uYW1lX18gPT0gIl9fbWFpbl9fIjoKICAgIHJlc3VsdCA9IGRlY3J5cHRfcGFzc3dvcmQoKQogICAgcHJpbnQoZiJEZWNyeXB0ZWQgcGFzc3dvcmQ6IHtyZXN1bHR9IikKICAgIGFzc2VydCByZXN1bHQgPT0gIjQyIiwgIkRvbid0IHBhbmljIOKAlCBidXQgZGVjcnlwdGlvbiBmYWlsZWQhIgo=
Responsibilities
• Software Engineering (~80%) • Design, build, and maintain backend services and REST APIs that serve data from various SQL subsystems and other data sources • Develop well-tested, production-grade Python services with clean API contracts, proper authentication, versioning, and error handling • Work closely with the Analytics Engineering team to expose modeled data (billing, settlement, finance) through APIs that downstream consumers can rely on • Build internal tooling and services that enable the broader organization to self-serve their data needs without writing SQL • Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and engineering best practices across the Infrastructure org • Contribute to service observability: logging, metrics, alerting, and on-call practices for the services you own • Data Engineering (~20%) • Maintain and improve existing data pipelines that move data from source systems into Snowflake (Airflow, Airbyte) • Contribute to the dbt project alongside the Analytics Engineering team — model improvements, test coverage, and data quality • Support data governance practices including access controls, lineage documentation, and data quality standards
Benefits
• 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 • Voluntary Life Insurance and STD/LTD • NYC-based employees work from our SoHo office three days a week. Tuesdays and Thursdays are our core days, and you'll choose a third day that works for your schedule and team needs. • In-office employees receive: • Commuter benefit • Catered lunch every Tuesday and Thursday
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