Description
During the Renaissance in Florence, affluent merchants sought a way to protect their gold while ensuring it remained productive.
Today, that same drive for financial ingenuity and innovation is reflected in the modern startup ecosystem. Mercury captures this innovative spirit to provide an exceptional banking experience for everyone.
The Investments Team develops innovative solutions for founders deciding how to utilize idle capital. We have built a financial platform that enables startups to deploy their cash effectively, merging maximizing yield with capital preservation in a streamlined interface.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Investments Team, you’ll play a key role as a technical leader and hands-on engineer in building scaled, novel, and compliant Trading & Custody systems.
Responsibilities:
- Lead high-impact, cross-functional projects across the Investments space.
- Architect, build, and scale brokerage trading and/or custody systems and processes.
- Collaborate with product, operations, and compliance to ship thoughtful features for our customers and internal users.
- Feel a strong sense of product ownership and actively seek responsibility – we want someone excited to help shape and build Mercury’s future.
Requirements:
- 5-7+ years of backend experience with a strong sense of ownership and detail.
- Domain knowledge of broker-dealer trading and/or custody systems that support both individual securities (equities, fixed income) as well as ETFs and mutual funds.
- Understands scale and isn’t afraid to dig into AWS and infrastructure solutions.
- Has been the technical lead of complex projects with many stakeholders from inception to completion with a track record of success.
- Made architectural decisions measuring the impact of those decisions over time.
Benefits: The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.
Salary Range: US employees (any location): $200,700-$250,900 USD Canadian employees (any location): $189,700-$237,100 CAD