Forward Deployed Engineer New York, NY • Full-time • $175-210K

raincards.xyz; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited time off

Flexible working

401(k) with company match

Equity plan

Job summary

Rain is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in New York, NY. You will work closely with customers, compliance, finance, engineers, and the executive team to deliver complex offerings on a scalable payments platform.

The role emphasizes shaping the technical roadmap and architectural decisions as the company grows. You should be a self-driven leader with software development experience and a builder mentality, comfortable with ambiguity and hands-on problem solving.

Qualifications

• Must have demonstrated ability to lead independently and ship features.
• Experience with software development and shipping complex offerings.
• Builder mentality with side-project experimentation is valued.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers, compliance, finance, engineers, and executive team to deliver complex offerings.
• Shaping the technical roadmap and making architectural decisions as the company scales.

Skills

Self-driven leaders

Software development

Builder mentality

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY • Full-time • $175-210K

About the Company

Rain is the global stablecoin payments platform for enterprises, neobanks, platforms, developers, and AI agents. Our technology allows partners to move, store, and use stablecoins instantly and compliantly through global payment cards, rewards, on/offramps, wallets, and cross-border rails. As both a Visa and Mastercard Principal Member, Rain issues cards that work at more than 175 million merchant locations in over 220 countries and territories. Built natively for stablecoins and trusted by more than 100 organizations worldwide, Rain delivers secure, scalable infrastructure that makes money move freely and instantly around the world.

You will have the opportunity to deliver massive impact at a hypergrowth company backed by some of the top investors in fintech, crypto, and SaaS. In January 2026, we closed a $250M Series C led by ICONIQ, valuing Rain at $1.95B, with Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst also participating. If you’re curious, bold, and excited to help shape a borderless financial future, we’d love to talk.

Our Ethos

We believe in an open and flat structure. You will be able to grow into the role that most aligns with your goals. Our team members at all levels have the freedom to explore ideas and impact the roadmap and vision of our company.

What you’ll do

• Work closely with our customers, compliance, finance, engineers, and executive team to ship complex offerings
• Help drive the technical roadmap and architectural decisions as we grow

What we’re looking for

• Self-driven leaders
• Experience with software development
• A builder mentality, someone who experiments with side projects
• This position is for folks with 3-10+ years experience, compensation will be based on experience

Nice to have, but not mandatory

• Fintech experience (neobank or card issuing experience gets extra brownie points)
• SaaS experience

Things that enable a fulfilling, healthy, and happy experience at Rain:

Unlimited time off Unlimited vacation can be daunting, so we require Rainmakers to take 10 days minimum for themselves.

Flexible working We support a flexible workplace – work from home, come into an office, or both. We want everyone to work in an environment where they’re their most confident and productive selves. New Rainmakers receive a stipend to set up a comfortable home workspace.

Easy to access benefits For US Rainmakers, we cover 95% of your health, dental, and vision plan costs and 90% for your dependents, plus a 100% company-subsidized life insurance plan.

Retirement goals Plan for the future with confidence. We offer a 401(k) with a 4% company match.

Equity plan Every Rainmaker gets an equity option plan so we all benefit from our success.

Health and Wellness High performance begins from within. Rainmakers receive a monthly stipend to be used for eligible health and wellness spending like gym memberships/fitness classes, massages, acupuncture - whatever recharges you!

In-office meals Rainmakers working from the office enjoy lunch and dinner on us, covered with a DoorDash credit.

Team summits Summits play an important role at Rain. Time together helps us build relationships and a common destiny. Expect team and company offsites, both domestic and international.