Lithic is a modern card issuing and processing platform empowering financial companies to build the future of payments. The Engineering Manager will lead a team of full-stack engineers to enhance customer and bank portals, ensuring high-quality experiences and operational excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a team of full-stack engineers, owning their performance, growth, and overall team health
- Partner closely with product and design to set technical direction and deliver high-quality experiences across Lithic's customer and bank dashboards
- Drive engineering execution — maintaining velocity, managing scope, and holding a high bar for code quality and operational excellence
- Build and reinforce engineering best practices, leveling up the team's tools, processes, and collective craft
- Recruit, hire, and retain strong engineering talent
- Serve as a technical thought partner to cross-functional stakeholders across product, design, and the broader engineering org
Requirements:
- Proven experience managing software engineering teams, with a track record of delivering complex products in a fast-moving environment
- Strong technical foundation — you've shipped full-stack products and can credibly engage on architecture, code quality, and technical tradeoffs
- Experience with modern web stacks; familiarity with TypeScript, Node/Express, and frontend frameworks (e.g., Vue or React) is a plus
- A clear point of view on what great engineering management looks like — hiring well, developing people, and building team culture
- The ability to balance speed and quality, and to help your team do the same
- Strong communication skills and comfort operating across engineering, product, and business stakeholders