Jose Bethancourt is a startup-focused software entrepreneur and engineer based in Austin, Texas, with a decade of hands-on product, engineering, and leadership experience across fintech and education tech. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Method Financial, building an embedded debt repayment API for developers since 2021. Prior to Method Financial, he co-founded GradJoy to help people pay off student loans faster, a venture he led from 2019 to 2021 and which is connected to the YC/GradJoy ecosystem. He previously co-founded and led engineering at TeacherTalent (Techstars KC 2017) until its acquisition in Fall 2018, demonstrating a strong track record of building and exiting startups. Earlier in his career, he held software engineering roles at ForeFlight and Clover, and he is currently a fourth-year MIS student at UT Austin, blending academic foundations with practical, production-ready software delivery. Outside work, Jose mentors students through Code#RGV, helping bring coding opportunities to underserved communities, and his GitHub profile highlights leadership across MethodFi and GradJoy.
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