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Engineering Manager, Processing

Lithic is a fast-growing, developer-first card issuing and processing platform powering modern payment programs. We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Processing team that owns real-time interfaces to card networks, transaction flows, and the physical peering infrastructure—ensuring low latency, high availability, and correctness across authorization, clearing/settlement, and disputes processing.

Skills

  • Proven experience managing and growing engineering teams (coaching, hiring, feedback)
  • Strong system design and technical judgment for low-latency, high-availability systems
  • Networking and infrastructure expertise, including peering, connectivity, and capacity planning
  • Player-coach mentality: able to unblock, review designs, and contribute hands-on when needed
  • Experience operating production services with strict uptime and latency SLAs
  • Experience or strong interest in payment processing and card network protocols
  • Familiarity with Java, Python, or Kotlin and AWS or comparable cloud stacks
  • Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management
  • Growth mindset and continuous improvement orientation

Responsibilities

  • Ensure high reliability, low latency, and correctness for transaction processing interfaces and related services
  • Lead delivery of features across authorization, clearing/settlement, disputes, and network integrations
  • Own and evolve physical network peering infrastructure, ensuring connectivity, failover, and capacity
  • Drive operational excellence: observability, incident response, on-call readiness, and reliability improvements
  • Manage initiatives end-to-end from planning to launch while keeping stakeholders aligned
  • Partner with Product and cross-functional teams to clarify requirements and prioritize high-impact work
  • Improve systems, processes, and documentation to accelerate new hire ramp and team efficiency
  • Participate in and evolve the team's on-call rotation and incident processes

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience preferred
  • Advanced degree (MS) is a plus but not required; equivalent practical experience accepted

Benefits

  • Competitive salary plus equity
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 12 weeks fully paid parental leave
  • 4-week fully paid sabbatical (after 5 years)
  • Work From Anywhere: 4 weeks/year globally
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance; HSA contribution match
  • 401(k) match
  • Voluntary life insurance and STD/LTD
  • 3% cashback on card purchases with company Privacy.com account
  • NYC employees: Soho office with commuter benefits and catered lunches (Tues/Thurs)
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DATE POSTED
April 21, 2026
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