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Forward Deployed Engineer - Digital Money & Payments Infrastructure

Location: New York (Hybrid)

Compensation: $120K - $160K

We are a lean and mighty team of passionate builders and veteran founders, backed by some of the top investors in fintech and crypto. Our mission is to empower the next generation of money and financial products globally. We are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join us in launching cutting-edge projects at the intersection of real-world payments and digital money. This high-impact role offers the opportunity to drive massive change at a small, quickly growing company.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will act as a critical bridge between our technology and our customers' needs. You will be instrumental in launching complex offerings, driving technical strategy, and directly influencing product growth and architecture. This role requires a self-driven leader comfortable with a broad scope that encompasses both technical execution and strategic customer collaboration.

What You'll Do:

  • Customer & Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with our customers, compliance, finance, engineering, and executive teams to ship complex, end-to-end offerings.
  • Technical Roadmap: Help drive the technical roadmap and architectural decisions as the product and infrastructure rapidly grow and evolve.
  • Problem-Solving: Utilize a combination of Coding, Strategy, and Communication skills to solve novel and challenging problems at the company's core.

What We're Looking For:

  • Mindset: A self-driven leader with a strong builder mentality—someone who experiments with side projects and thrives in an autonomous environment.
  • Technical Foundation: Proven experience with software development.
  • Core Skills: Strong abilities in Communication, Coding, and Strategy.

Preferred Experience (Nice-to-Haves, But Not Mandatory):

  • Fintech Experience: Experience in the fintech sector (neobank or card issuing experience is a plus).
  • SaaS Experience: Experience working with a Software-as-a-Service model.
  • Location: While we are open to fully remote candidates, many engineers are based in NYC.

Our perks are designed to enable working with us to be a fulfilling, healthy, and happy experience, reflecting our ethos of an open and flat structure where team members have the freedom to explore ideas.

  • Time Off: Unlimited time off, with a required 10-day minimum to ensure teammates take time for themselves.
  • Flexibility: Flexible working – work remotely or from an office if preferred, ensuring you are in the environment where you are most productive.
  • Equity: Competitive salary complemented by an equity option plan so we all benefit from our success.
  • Health & Wellness:
  • Flexible Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans (company pays a percentage for the employee and dependents for US-based employees) and a 100% company-subsidized life insurance plan.
  • Wellness Spending: Company card usage for eligible health and wellness spending (e.g., gym memberships, fitness classes).
  • Product Exposure: Issued cards for teammates to utilize the core product and service for testing.
  • Culture: Regular Team summits to strengthen relationships and build a common destiny (stay tuned for upcoming destinations!).

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

Commitment to Equality and Accessibility:

At MLabs, we are committed to offer equal opportunities to all candidates. We ensure no discrimination, accessible job adverts, and providing information in accessible formats. Our goal is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace with equal opportunities for all. If you need any reasonable adjustments during any part of the hiring process or you would like to see the job-advert in an accessible format please let us know at the earliest opportunity by emailing [email protected].

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