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Meet Method

Method has built the most modern way to connect to consumer financial accounts. Combining real-time liability connectivity with instant payment execution, Method’s API is designed to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use.

We have helped 45+ million users connect 350+ million liability accounts credential-less and processed over $2.5B in payments, helping users save millions in interest. One in every three credit cards in the United States is in the Method ecosystem and leading financial institutions like SoFi, Bilt, Cleo, Sezzle, Figure & Aven rely on our APIs to build magical experiences for millions of consumers.

We’re a team of 50+ people spread across offices in Austin, SF, New York City, and Washington D.C! We’re excited to continue the momentum working alongside our investors and advisors from Andreessen Horowitz, Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, Avra, and Ardent. To learn more about us, check out our blog !

About the role

Forward Deployed Engineers at Method are engineers who work directly with our customers. You will join the Engineering team, be assigned to customers as they sign, and own getting each one live on Method's API. That means sitting with their engineers, understanding exactly what they are building, and writing the code that closes the gap between what Method does today and what they need to launch.

This is real engineering. When a customer needs configurability an endpoint does not support yet, you build it. When a go-live depends on a new feature built on existing services, you scope it and ship it. You will also own the surfaces every integrating customer touches: our SDKs, the OpenAPI spec, the customer configuration tool, and our integration guides. For Method's largest strategic accounts, you stay on for the long term, paired with a Forward Deployed PM, building custom extensions and leading expansion into new products.

If you want the depth of an engineering role with a direct line to the customer, and a path to broad ownership across building, selling, and product, this role is built for that.

What you'll do

Own customer integrations from onboarding through go-live and ramp, writing the code needed to make Method's API fit each customer's use case

Gather requirements directly from customers and turn them into scoped, shippable work

Ship features that extend Method's platform, from new parameters and configurability on existing endpoints to larger features built on existing services and patterns

Own the SDKs, the OpenAPI spec, the customer configuration tool, and the integration guides and documentation that integrating customers rely on

Stay on as the engineering owner for strategic accounts, partnering with a Forward Deployed PM on custom builds and expansion

Join customer calls daily, including with customer engineering leaders

Take part in the engineering on-call rotation and engineering ceremonies alongside product engineers

Turn recurring customer requests into feedback and proposals that make the platform better for every customer

Who you are

3+ years of professional experience

A strong software engineer with a track record of shipping production code

Deeply fluent in APIs: you understand API design patterns and how integrations behave in production

You genuinely want to work with customers and get energy from understanding what they are trying to build

You move fast and adapt quickly when requirements change

You are comfortable working inside a large existing codebase and extending its patterns

You take ownership of outcomes, not just tickets

You thrive in an early-stage environment where you define how the work gets done

Extra Awesome

Experience as a forward deployed, solutions, or integration engineer at an API-first company

Experience at a talent-dense company serving large enterprise customers

Customer-facing founder or early-employee experience

Exposure to fintech, payments, or financial data APIs

The annual US base salary range for this role is: $140,000-$200,000.

Benefits available to full time employees

Medical, Dental, Vision; basic medical plans 100% covered

Flexible PTO

$30/day Lunch allowance when working from the office

12 weeks parental leave

Commuter benefits; employer-sponsored

Phone/internet stipend

WFH stipend

Student loan repayment contribution

Lifestyle Spending stipend

Learning & Development stipend

Hybrid-office stocked with snacks

Quarterly team off-sites

In-office Policy

For most roles are Method, we expect a regular in-person presence at one of our hubs in NYC, Austin, SF or DC. We have embedded flexibility to work remotely for a week here and there, but the general expectation is a minimum 2-3 days/week in office on average. What does not work is full-time remote.

Accommodations

Method provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance with your application due to a disability, please contact us at talent@methodfi.com to request an accommodation.