Product Engineer: Forward Deployed
About The Position
Slash is building the future of business banking, one industry at a time. We believe businesses deserve financial infrastructure tailored to how they actually operate. That's why we're creating a new category of business banking. We combine the reliability of traditional banking (high yields, competitive rewards, and comprehensive security) with industry-specific features that make businesses more efficient, more competitive, and more profitable. Started in 2021, Slash is one of the fastest growing fintechs in the world and we power over three billion dollars a year in business purchasing across numerous industries. We're backed by some of the best investors in the world including Menlo Ventures, NEA, Y Combinator, Stanford University, and the founders of Tinder and Plaid. Slash is headquartered in San Francisco, and has a strong in-person culture. About the role Slash is, at its core, a technology company and is on a mission to build the best engineering team in the world. We're looking for founder-type engineers to join our team as Forward-Deployed Engineers — embedding directly within specific industries to rapidly prototype, launch, and iterate on vertical-specific financial workflows. This is an intensely high-impact role where you'll work across product, design, sales, and ops to identify pain points and ship real solutions fast. You won't just be handed specs — you'll be part of discovering them.
Requirements
- Has been directly responsible for shipping successful products.
- Strong preference for ex-founders or founding engineers who have previously successfully built 0-1.
- Thrives working independently and in small teams in a fast-paced work environment
- Cares about craft, values deep technical knowledge, and delivers great product experiences.
- Has experience shipping high-quality software products
Responsibilities
- Owning products end-to-end for a specific industry — from frontend UI to backend systems
- Coordinate across various stakeholders — design, sales, ops, product, and customers — to deliver the best possible experiences for our customers.
- Acting as the engineering point-of-contact for a vertical: you'll ship, debug, and scale
- Prototyping rapidly and iterating based on tight feedback loops
Benefits
- Opportunity for high growth
- High autonomy + ownership culture
- This is a founder-like role who where you get to take on the role of a "technical" founder.
- Competitive pay + equity package
- Unlimited PTO, Health, Vision, and Dental coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
