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Mercury

Senior Backend Engineer - Product

Mercury
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remote senior full-time $166,600 - $208,300 San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States

First indexed 1 Jul 2026

Description

At Mercury, we're 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.

As a Senior Backend Engineer - Product, you will feel a strong sense of product ownership and actively seek responsibility. You'll work in an autonomous environment on a close-knit team, with a 'startup within a startup' feel. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Partnering closely with designers and product leaders to ship lovable experiences
  • Joining a team of experienced product engineers within one of our Mercury product groups, such as Banking, Experiences, Expansion, or Risk
  • Working in a fast-paced environment where you can make architectural decisions and measure their impact over time
  • Actively incorporating AI tools into your workflow to amplify your impact
  • Collaborating effectively with peers and cross-functional counterparts

The ideal candidate for this role has:

  • 3-7 years of backend development experience
  • Knowledge of or excitement to learn Haskell, and proficiency in SQL
  • Empathy for users and the ability to channel their perspective to build lovable products
  • Experience making architectural decisions and measuring their impact over time
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills

Our total rewards package includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), 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:

  • US employees (any location): $166,600 - $208,300
  • Canadian employees (any location): CAD 157,400 - 196,800
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