Careers

Join the Lead team. Build the future of finance.

Life at Lead

Even if you’ve never heard of us before today, chances are you’ve used a product that relies on our technology.

While you’ve been tapping your credit card at a coffee shop, taking out a loan, paying for your purchases in installments, or opening a crypto account, we’ve been behind the scenes, creatively revolutionizing the way money moves.

Life at Lead

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Lead’s technology touches almost every aspect of modern life.

Which makes this an incredibly exciting place to work.

Building modern financial infrastructure isn’t for the faint of heart. It demands precision, scale, and reliability, and leaves little room for mistakes. The fintechs that use our APIs evolve fast, meaning we must develop solutions even faster.

This is performance culture at its best. And we want the best of the best to join us.

That’s where you come in.

Life at Lead

Open Roles

Lead combines the creativity of a startup with the discipline required to operate a regulated financial institution. That means doing impactful work at an exhilarating pace.

Lead is a collaborative environment for thoughtful innovators. Everyone here will empower you to have a voice and contribute meaningfully from day one.

Lead attracts the kind of people you want to be around: smart, curious, and motivated. Ask anyone what they’re working on and they will set aside time to talk to you.

Above all, Lead is a place for you to do the best work of your career.

Our Values

Open Roles

Client Obsession

We’re more than just a sponsor bank. We are a true partner for fintechs running complex financial products in fast-moving environments. With the client as our center of gravity, we listen, ask thoughtful questions, and solicit feedback so we can design real solutions to real problems.

Embrace Divergent Perspectives

As a majority women-owned bank with leadership spanning fintech, banking, engineering, legal, and design, we know that better products are built by teams with shared purpose but radically different backgrounds. From top to bottom, we are a diverse team that reflects the real world.

Ownership Mentality

We care deeply about our work, recognize opportunities for improvement, and act upon them. To do that thoughtfully and accurately demands excellence in our field, rigor in our approach, and constant curiosity about how to do things better for our company and our partners.

Champion Change & Innovation

Modern finance is still being defined, meaning often we’re doing what hasn’t been done before. To stay one step ahead of banking’s evolution, we must navigate ambiguity, solve novel problems with both speed and accuracy, and adapt to our partners’ ever-changing needs.