Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Job Description
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 senior 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 part of this role, you will:
- Feel a strong sense of product ownership and actively seek responsibility – we often self-organize on small/medium projects, and we want someone excited to help shape and build Mercury’s future.
- Work in an autonomous environment on a close-knit team, with a “startup within a startup” feel.
- Partner closely with designers and product leaders to ship lovable experiences. We want to transcend the status quo for banking and fintech software, and many of our customers are startups and appreciate our slick, magical designs.
- Join a team of experienced product engineers within one of our Mercury product groups such as Banking, Experiences, Expansion, or Risk.
The ideal candidate for the role:
- Has 3-7 years of full-stack development experience, with knowledge of or excitement to learn Haskell, React, TypeScript, and Redux.
- Empathizes with users and can channel their perspective to build lovable products.
- Can balance tradeoffs and find creative solutions to accomplish goals.
- Communicates and collaborates effectively with peers and cross-functional counterparts.
If this role interests you, we invite you to explore our public demo at demo.mercury.com.
The total rewards package at Mercury 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 the following:
- US employees (any location): 66,600 - $208,300
- Canadian employees (any location): CAD 157,400 - 196,800
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.
Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.
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How to Stand Out
- To demonstrate expertise in full-stack engineering, ensure your portfolio includes examples of complex projects that showcase your proficiency in both front-end and back-end development, highlighting your ability to simplify intricate systems, much like the trim tab's impact on aviation.
- Familiarize yourself with Mercury's banking experience for startups and be prepared to discuss how your skills can contribute to the company's mission, such as designing user-friendly interfaces or optimizing database queries for seamless transactions.
- Since Mercury values simplicity and elegance in engineering, focus on showcasing your problem-solving skills by walking interviewers through your thought process and design decisions, highlighting how you've applied these principles in previous projects to improve user experience.
- As a remote candidate, prepare to discuss your experience with collaboration tools and remote work workflows, such as GitHub, Jira, or Slack, and be ready to provide examples of successful projects you've led or contributed to in a distributed team environment.
- Develop a deep understanding of Mercury's technology stack and be prepared to ask informed questions during the interview, such as inquiring about their approach to microservices architecture or how they handle scalability and security in their banking platform.
- When negotiating salary, research the market rates for senior full-stack engineers in the United States or Canada, and be prepared to discuss your expectations based on your experience, skills, and the company's location-agnostic policy, highlighting your flexibility and willingness to work remotely.
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