Senior Backend Engineer - Product

Role Overview

Mercury is hiring Senior Backend Engineers (Product) to grow its product engineering group. The team is pragmatic, product-minded, and focused on building banking/fintech software that’s more delightful and less frustrating than legacy alternatives.

Responsibilities

• Own products and initiatives: take responsibility on small/medium projects and help shape Mercury’s future.
• Work autonomously in a close-knit, “startup within a startup” environment.
• Partner with designers and product leaders to ship customer-focused experiences.
• Contribute within a Mercury product group such as Banking, Experiences, Expansion, or Risk.
• Make and articulate architectural decisions, including measuring impact over time.

Requirements

• 3–7 years of backend development experience.
• Proficiency in SQL and/or eagerness to learn Haskell.
• User empathy: translate customer perspective into building lovable product experiences.
• Experience making architecture decisions and evaluating tradeoffs/impact.
• Effective communication and collaboration with peers and cross-functional stakeholders.

Compensation & Location

• Role is anywhere in the world, with HQ in San Francisco, CA / New York, NY / Portland, OR, and/or remote within Canada or the United States.
• Base salary range (target new hire):
  • US: $166,600 – $208,300
  • Canada: CAD 157,400 – CAD 196,800
• Total rewards include base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits.