Method has built the most modern way to connect to consumer financial accounts. Combining real-time liability connectivity with instant payment execution Methods 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.
Were a team of 50 people spread across offices in Austin SF New York City and Washington D.C! Were 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!
Were hiring a Solutions Engineer to improve Methods technical sale and expansion motion. You will operate across pre-sales joining customer conversations early to run technical discovery solutioning and integration planning so prospects and customers reach technical yes faster.
This role is a subject matter expert position. Youll bring deep technical comfort (ideally in APIs) strong critical thinking and a consultative approach to connecting customer pain points to Methods product capabilities and roadmap. The goal is to make buying and expanding with Method easier faster and more repeatable.
Join high-priority deals early (often call 12) as the technical partner to the AE; lead technical discovery and solutioning.
Translate customer architecture constraints and goals into a clear proposed approach (integration plan sequencing risks and tradeoffs).
Improve technical sales velocity by tightening the cycle from discovery solutioning terms with crisp technical alignment and next steps.
Occasionally support post-sale solutioning and expansion: participate in customer roadmap conversations propose new use cases and accelerate adoption.
Build solutions playbooks for Discovery and reference architecture to embed a repeatable solutions motion across pre and post sales.
Create and maintain a lightweight knowledge base / product catalog.
Partner closely with AEs CS TIEs and Product to surface recurring issues improve enablement and feed product learnings back into roadmap decisions.
5 years experience in technical Solutioning in a pre-sales environment.
Strong technical foundation (CS preferred; STEM/engineering/math/physics acceptable with clear technical depth)
Prior experience working with APIs (selling implementing supporting or solutioning).
Demonstrated critical thinking: you consistently get behind the question and give answers that match the underlying need.
Comfortable operating in both pre-sales and post-sales contexts; you can shift between solution design and customer enablement.
High ownership and speed: you ramp quickly contribute actively on calls and produce durable assets (playbooks guides demos) that reduce future load.
Comfortable in a startup environment with ambiguous processes and evolving org structure.
Experience at API-first fintech/infra companies (e.g. Plaid Stripe) or similarly technical SaaS (observability/data platforms like Datadog).
Experience selling/solutioning into lenders fintechs or complex enterprise buyers.
Experience building technical champions within customer orgs and partnering deeply with engineering/product teams.
History of creating technical enablement content and reusable solution frameworks.
The annual US base salary range for this role is: $150000 - $180000.
Required Experience:
IC
Method provides connectivity to consumer credit and liability accounts, enabling end-to-end refinance experiences, real-time account data access, and one-click checkout.