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Software Engineer

Method Financial

Austin, TXFull-time$175–215K/yrPosted todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$175–215K/yr
Location
Austin, TX
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Method is hiring a full-stack, backend-leaning Software Engineer to own projects end to end and make technical and business decisions. The role builds user experiences and backend services, investigates production issues, participates in code reviews and interviews, and helps shape the roadmap around customer needs. Engineers work with support from the team and are expected to be in a hub office regularly, with occasional remote flexibility.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

JavaScript (Programming Language)React.jsNode.JsMongoDBNoSQLDevOpsAmazon Web ServicesReactNodeScalable ApplicationsProduction ApplicationsCommunicationTask DecompositionFinanceFinTechData PipelinesPayment RailsAWSCloudflareCI/CD

Qualifications

3+ Years Software Engineering ExperienceExcellent Projects

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

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!

The impact As a member of the engineering team, you will own projects from end-to-end, making decisions on technical and business implications. You will have autonomy over your projects with support from the team when you need it. This is a full-stack, backend leaning role.

What you'll do

  • Build and create with JavaScript across the platform. Build delightful user experiences in React and power them with a reliable backend in Node.

  • Investigate and debug any issues using our monitoring & logging tools as well as create clear action items to resolve them.

  • Help maintain our high technical bar by participating in code reviews and interviewing new team members.

  • Collaborate with the rest of the team to define the roadmap by thoroughly understanding customers’ needs.

Who you are

  • 3+ years of full-time software engineering experience, ideally full-stack

  • Experience building scalable production-level applications. (A history of excellent projects is required)

  • Experience working with some combination of Node / JS, React (or similar framework) and MongoDB / NoSQL

  • You can clearly communicate the concepts or ideas behind your solutions, and cut big solutions into smaller bite-sized tasks

  • You can tow the line between moving fast and breaking things and moving slowly to get things right the first time. Technical debt is okay, we’ll refactor it later!

  • Natural curiosity to stay up to date with new technologies and emerging Fintech trends

Extra awesome

  • Experience in Finance / FinTech

  • Experience building data pipelines

  • Knowledge of payment rails such as ACH, RTP, etc.

  • DevOps experience with AWS, Cloudflare, and CI/CD tools

-- The annual US base salary range for this role is: $175,000-$215,000.

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 [email protected] to request an accommodation.

How this job compares

Set against the 41,042 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$175–215K/yr
  • Texas median$120–200K/yr1,292 salary ranges
  • US median$135–217K/yr32,734 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $195K, is 24% above the Texas median midpoint ($157K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,239 open Software Engineer jobs in Texas and 41,042 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (33,355 postings).
Education
14,290 of the 41,042 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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