Senior Software Engineer, Mercury

Risk Onboarding

$166.6-208.3k

+ Equity. Salary applicable to NY, SF, LA & Seattle applicants only. Canadian employees (any location): CAD $157,400 - $196,800

React

TypeScript

Haskell

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from Canada, US

Banking services for startups

Be an early applicant

Banking services for startups

501-1000 employees

FintechB2BBankingFinancial Services

Be an early applicant

$166.6-208.3k

+ Equity. Salary applicable to NY, SF, LA & Seattle applicants only. Canadian employees (any location): CAD $157,400 - $196,800

React

TypeScript

Haskell

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from Canada, US

501-1000 employees

FintechB2BBankingFinancial Services

Company mission

To make scaling tech companies simpler with a personalized banking stack for startups, and power the next generation of companies that will shape the American industry.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Are you fascinated by shows like Breaking Bad or Ozark and wonder how financial institutions deal with risky behavior?
Has at least 5 years of full-stack development experience, with excitement to learn and work with Haskell, React, and TypeScript. Comfort coming up to speed quickly on programming languages, libraries, and mature code bases is essential
Is passionately product minded and has experience building and shipping new products
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

What the job involves

The Risk Onboarding team is the front line of defense for preventing money laundering and financial crimes, building systems to verify that someone is who they say they are and that we are allowed to do business with them
Build and evolve identity verification and monitoring systems, working with cross-functional partners to build an elegant system for customers and internal agents that not only meets, but exceeds industry standards in security and user experience
Join a team of experienced full stack product engineers growing from 3 to 5
Feel a strong sense of product ownership and actively seek responsibility – we often self-organize on small/medium projects, and we want someone who’s excited to help shape and build Mercury’s future
Work closely with designers and product leaders to ship lovable and scalable experiences

Our take

Frustrated by the archaic, fee-laden banking services offered to entrepreneurs, the founders of Mercury set out to create a better solution. They envisioned a platform that was dynamic, tech-driven, and free from unnecessary fees.

Mercury delivers on this vision by automating business payment processes, offering FDIC-insured accounts, and providing full API access, empowering entrepreneurs with greater control and efficiency. This approach stands in stark contrast to traditional startup banking, which often burdens young businesses with high fees and limited functionality.

By prioritizing user experience and offering a free service tier, Mercury has attracted over 100,000 businesses and achieved a $1B valuation in 2021. As a rising unicorn in the stagnant world of startup banking, mercury is poised for continued growth, constantly adding new features and expanding its team to further disrupt the industry.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

50% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.5)

Trustpilot (4.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Mar 2025

$300m

SERIES C

Jul 2021

$120m

SERIES B

Total funding: $450.9m

Company benefits

Health, dental, & vision
12+ weeks of paid parental leave
$600 USD custom WFH equipment setup
Unlimited vacation policy (with a mandatory minimum)
Retirement matching up to 4% of base salary (401k/RRSP)
Paid 6-week sabbatical after the 5-year mark
Annual $1K USD learning & development budget
Unlimited book budget
Weekly $100 USD food budget
Monthly $100 USD wellness budget
Monthly $50 USD cellphone reimbursement
Pet-friendly offices with free tea & lunch

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Jason Zhang

(COO)

Studied Biology at Stanford before spending over 4 years at Heyzap in Business Development.

Immad Akhund

(CEO)

Graduated from the University of Cambridge, then worked as a Software Developer at Aquila and Bloomberg. Also founded Clickpass and Heyzap, and was a Part-time Partner at Y Combinator.

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