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title: 'Forward Deployed Engineer at Method Security'
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# Forward Deployed Engineer at Method Security

- **Company:** Method Security
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/method.security/d4561907-b60a-46a3-bcfe-5db21b692daf

## Job description

## About Method Security

Method Security is dedicated to reshaping cybersecurity in an era where AI-driven threats are growing rapidly. Our mission is to defend critical institutions—such as government, defense, and key commercial sectors—against these sophisticated threats by building cutting-edge, autonomous defense solutions. We bring together expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and software to create products that seek to finally shift the advantage in security from offense to defense.

## Our Team and Values

Joining Method means becoming part of an elite, mission-driven team that values innovation, transparency, and high standards. We work with purpose, embracing diverse perspectives and experiences while maintaining a high bar for quality. Our team is built around trust, efficiency, and respect. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can contribute meaningfully. We believe in small, focused teams capable of tackling complex challenges and achieving outsized results. At Method, you’ll have the autonomy to drive projects forward, the support to navigate challenges, and the opportunity to shape the future of cybersecurity.

## Role Overview

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Method Security, you will bring world-class engineering talent directly into the environments where our most critical users operate. You’ll embed with high-value customer teams, sit alongside them as they encounter real operational pain, and rapidly translate those insights into product. This is a deeply technical role: you will ship code daily - while navigating mission constraints, earning user trust, and pushing the boundaries of what the Method platform can do. Acting as Method’s engineering tip of the spear, FDEs identify valuable and repeatable workflows in the field, validate them through working prototypes, and channel those insights back into the core platform. Your work directly expands Method’s capabilities and ensures that our most sophisticated users feel understood, empowered, and supported by the product.

## Key Responsibilities

- Embed with users on-site to observe workflows firsthand and internalize their operational context.
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on new product capabilities based on real user pain and opportunity.
- Commit high-quality code that extends and strengthens the Method platform.
- Identify valuable, repeatable workflows and validate them through working software.
- Communicate clearly and frequently with the engineering team on hypotheses, tradeoffs, and blockers.
- Navigate customer constraints—access controls, environmental restrictions, and security requirements—to build trust and unlock deeper workflows.
- Collaborate closely with Software Engineers, Security Engineers, and Mission Operations to refine insights and transform prototypes into scalable product abstractions.

## Qualifications

- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production systems.
- Ability to rapidly understand new domains, customer workflows, and operational environments.
- Demonstrated experience owning projects end-to-end—from discovery to deployment.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey insights and technical decisions concisely.
- Comfort operating autonomously and making informed decisions in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Nice to Haves

- Exposure to distributed systems, backend development, or full-stack engineering.
- Interest in security competitions, CTFs, or related technical pursuits.
- Experience navigating secure facilities or constrained deployment environments.
- Prior experience in a forward-deployed, field engineering, or embedded engineering role.

Base Salary Range: $140,000-$190,000

## About Method Security

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Method Security builds autonomous cyber systems that fuse offensive and defensive capabilities to deliver cyber resilience for America’s most critical institutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed + Series A funded)
- **Headquarters**: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (also offices in New York, NY and Washington, D.C.)
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Sam Jones (CEO), Sean Hacker (CTO), Daniel Kelly (President)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity (Computer and Network Security)
- **Target customers**: U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Federal agencies, and Fortune 500 enterprises (B2G / B2B, mission-critical)
- **Mission/purpose**: “Secure what matters” – delivering cyber resilience to America’s critical institutions through full-spectrum, autonomous security products.

## Products & Services
- **Method Platform**: A full-spectrum security platform that fuses offensive and defensive capabilities into a single autonomy framework. Uses a digital twin to map, validate, and control resources and attack paths. Provides flexible deployment, open APIs, and data controls.
- **Bastion**: Digital-twin driven exposure management – maps, validates, and controls all resources and possible attack paths in the context of the business.
- **Reaper**: Software-defined red team operations and adversary emulation – enables autonomous attack simulations with precise guardrails for mission-critical environments.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – conflicting reports: $26M (press release, CB Insights) or $27M (LinkedIn). Breakdown: $5.5M Seed (Dec 2023, led by Andreessen Horowitz) + $21.5M Series A (Nov 2025, led by General Catalyst) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/method-security) | [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/method-security)
- **Notable Investors & Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Blackstone Innovations Investments, Crossbeam Ventures (Michael Ovitz), NFDG, Forward Deployed Ventures, Pax Ventures, Phil Venables (Google), WndrCo, Frederic Kerrest (Okta), Ryan Noon (Material Security), Aaron Levie (Box) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/method-security)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 140% YoY to 19 employees (as of mid-2026); already deployed with DoD, U.S. Federal Government, and Fortune 500; founders and team from Palantir, NSA, U.S. Air Force, CIA, AWS, CrowdStrike, Shield AI, Microsoft; engineering team makes up 54% of headcount; recently opened New York office [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/method-security) | [method.security](https://method.security/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Autonomous dual-use platform**: Combines offensive (red team) and defensive (exposure management) in one system, purpose-built for government and critical infrastructure.
- **Digital twin foundation**: Provides an interconnected, real-time map of resources and attack paths, enabling precision autonomy with built-in guardrails.
- **Founding team pedigree**: Deep experience in national security, intelligence, and big-tech (Palantir, NSA, USAF, CIA, AWS, CrowdStrike, Microsoft).
- **Mission-driven & trusted**: Designed for “mission-critical environments” with flexible deployment and the highest security standards.

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate deployment of its autonomous cyber platform with U.S. Government and critical enterprises.
- Continue to grow the platform’s ability to “operationalize autonomy for cyber defense” at machine speed to counter AI-enabled adversaries.
- Expand the team across engineering, mission operations, and consulting to support a growing customer base.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission**: Build at the frontier of security and AI in support of a mission that matters – defending America’s critical institutions.
- **Culture**: High expectations with high autonomy; flat, collaborative organization where individuals have full creative freedom to execute; earned trust and radical transparency.
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive compensation, 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for employees and families; growth opportunities and challenging projects.
- **Work Environment**: Offices in Saint Paul (HQ), New York, and Washington, D.C. – remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated, but emphasis on autonomy and flat structure suggests flexibility; engineering-driven culture (54% of staff in technical roles). [method.security/careers](https://www.method.security/careers)

## Sources
1. [method.security](https://method.security/)
2. [linkedin.com/company/method-security](https://www.linkedin.com/company/method-security)
3. [cbinsights.com/company/method-security](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/method-security)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/method.security](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/method.security)

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