Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
Method is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join its engineering team. The role involves owning projects end to end, making decisions about technical and business implications, and working autonomously with support from the team. The engineer will build across Method’s platform, including backend services in Node.js and user experiences in React, and help scale the core API to handle millions of requests per day. The position also contributes to technical quality, team hiring, customer understanding, and roadmap definition. Method builds APIs for connecting consumer financial accounts and executing payments. Its technology supports liability account connectivity and payment services for consumers and financial institutions.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of full-time software engineering experience; full-stack experience is preferred, but backend-leaning experience is acceptable.
- Expert knowledge of JavaScript, Python, Java, or equivalent languages.
- Experience building scalable, production-level applications; a history of excellent projects is required.
- Ability to clearly communicate the concepts behind solutions and break large solutions into smaller tasks.
- Ability to balance speed of execution with care and correctness.
- Curiosity and interest in keeping up with new technologies and emerging FinTech trends.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in finance or FinTech.
- Experience building data pipelines.
- Knowledge of payment rails such as ACH and RTP.
- DevOps experience with AWS, Cloudflare, and CI/CD tools.
Responsibilities
- Build across the platform using JavaScript, including reliable backend services in Node.js and user experiences in React.
- Build and scale the core API to handle millions of requests per day.
- Investigate and debug issues using monitoring and logging tools, and create clear action items to resolve them.
- Participate in code reviews and interview new team members to help maintain a high technical bar.
- Collaborate with the team to define the roadmap by thoroughly understanding customer needs.
- Own projects end to end and make decisions about their technical and business implications.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage; basic medical plans are 100% covered.
- Flexible paid time off.
- $30 per day lunch allowance when working from the office.
- 12 weeks of parental leave.
- Employer-sponsored commuter benefits.
- Phone and internet stipend.
- Work-from-home stipend.
- Student loan repayment contribution.
- Lifestyle Spending stipend.
- Learning and Development stipend.
- Stocked snacks in the hybrid office.
- Quarterly team off-sites.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
