Senior Backend Engineer - Growth Virality

Since the dawn of aviation, pilots have faced the constant challenge of air resistance, much like sailors navigating the friction of water. Amidst this relentless struggle, the trim tab emerges as an ingenious yet understated marvel. Just as the wheel revolutionized transportation by easing movement over land, the trim tab simplifies flight, allowing for smoother navigation through the skies. It embodies the elegance of simplicity in engineering, transforming the demanding task of controlling an aircraft into a more graceful and manageable endeavor.

At Mercury, we are committed to crafting an exceptional banking* experience for startups. Our team is passionately focused on ensuring our product not only meets but anticipates the needs of our customers.

Our product engineering group is growing and we’re looking to hire backend and full-stack engineers. We’re a team of pragmatic, product-minded engineers motivated by the desire to create lovable products that rescue our customers from frustrating, expensive legacy industry tools. 

As a part of the Virality team, you’ll be working on:

• Peer-driven network effects: We enable customers to interact with the wider world via Shareables like invoices, SAFEs, and recipient invites. Shareables grow Mercury by letting users put our winning product in new people’s hands, and multiplying the power of customer referrals.
• Partner referrals: We develop tools for Mercury’s referral partners to encourage their ongoing investment in Mercury’s growth.
• New account paradigms: We innovate new product surfaces that go beyond Mercury’s banking offering to attract new high value customers like Accountants, Lawyers, and VCs. 

The ideal candidate for the role:

• 5+ years of experience in a Backend or Full-stack development role
• Has experience in or an interest in learning Haskell, and deep proficiency in SQL
• Is a pragmatic and passionate developer who can build both robust systems and killer standalone features
• Is comfortable working with greenfield products focused on rapid growth
• Has experience working in fintech or other high-growth startup space
• Is a strong team player who can lift up their peers and has a passion for mentorship and creating structure with purpose

*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC.

The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits. 

Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

• US employees (any location): $203,100 - $238,900
• Canadian employees (any location): CAD 184,800 – 217,400

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