Senior Backend Engineer, Mercury

Personal Banking

$203.1-238.9k

+ Equity (stock options). Canadian employees (any location): CAD 184,800 – 217,400

Haskell

Mid and Senior level

Remote in Canada, US

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Banking services for startups

Open for applications

Banking services for startups

501-1000 employees

FintechB2BBankingFinancial Services

Open for applications

$203.1-238.9k

+ Equity (stock options). Canadian employees (any location): CAD 184,800 – 217,400

Haskell

Mid and Senior level

Remote in Canada, US

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

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

We want someone who’s excited to help shape and build the future of Mercury Personal
Has 4+ years of software development experience, with a knowledge of or excitement to learn Haskell
Has made architectural decisions in the past and seen the impact of those decisions over time. You should be able to clearly articulate your technical opinions and lay out tradeoffs
Is passionately product-minded and has experience building and shipping new products
Is someone comfortable driving discussions in areas with ambiguous ownership, approaches them with empathy, and delights in getting outcomes. Our work touches many other teams and areas of the product; you’ll have a lot of autonomy and the expectation is you’ll use that to seek out ways to have an impact
Is ridiculously helpful, taking initiative to make your coworkers’ lives easier

What the job involves

We’ve invited beta users and continue to tweak the product based on their feedback
We’re ramping up cautiously to ensure adequate risk and compliance controls as we move into this new domain. And, there’s still a lot to build
Right now, our team is working on a few table-stakes consumer banking features like Joint Accounts
We’re interested in building Trust Accounts and enabling several features that already exist for business banking customers like Treasury and sending international wires
Feel a strong sense of product ownership and actively seek responsibility – we often self-organize on small/medium projects
Work closely with designers, product leaders, and other engineers to build new features for Mercury Personal and thoughtfully port existing business banking features over

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

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

50% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.5)

Trustpilot (3.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jul 2021

$120m

SERIES B

Sep 2019

$20m

SERIES A

Total funding: $150.9m

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 values

Think actively: Question processes. Give thoughtful feedback. Find the best way to do something instead of going by how it’s always been done
Be super helpful: Practice intentionality and accountability. Go above and beyond to solve problems, and do it as a team
Act with humility: Treat everyone with respect. Leave egos at the door
Appreciate quality: Work with the best equipment. Avoid cutting corners. Take pride in crafting a lasting product
Maximize efficiency: Minimize unnecessary meetings and bureaucracy. Work together to get the job done right
Focus on product: Ask yourself how the product can be better today than it was yesterday

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Articles

Startup banking service Mercury jumps into debt lending to take on Silicon Valley Bank

Mercury hits unicorn status

Mercury Banking for Startups: 2022 Review

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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