Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Mercury

$200.7-250.9k

+ Equity. Canadian employees: CAD 189,700 - 237,100

SQL

React

TypeScript

Python

Kafka

Redis

Airflow

Haskell

Flask

Snowflake

Kinesis

DynamoDB

dbt

FastAPI

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from Canada, US

Banking services for startups

Posted today

Banking services for startups

501-1000 employees

FintechB2BBankingFinancial Services

Posted today

$200.7-250.9k

+ Equity. Canadian employees: CAD 189,700 - 237,100

SQL

React

TypeScript

Python

Kafka

Redis

Airflow

Haskell

Flask

Snowflake

Kinesis

DynamoDB

dbt

FastAPI

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

7+ years of experience in roles like machine learning engineering, data engineering, backend software engineering, and/or devops
Expertise with:
A full modern data stack: Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Airbyte, Dagster, Airflow
SQL, dbt, Python
OLAP / OLTP data modelling and architecture
Key-value stores: Redis, dynamoDB, or equivalent
Streaming / real-time data pipelines: Kinesis, Kafka, Redpanda
API frameworks: FastAPI, Flask, etc
Production ML Service experience
Working across full-stack development environment, with experience transferable to Haskell, React, and TypeScript

What the job involves

Partner with data science & engineering teams to design and deploy ML & Gen AI microservices, primarily focusing on automating reviews
Work with a full-stack engineering team to embed these services into the overall review experience, including human in the loop, escalations, and feeding human decisions back into the service
Implement testing, observability, alerting, and disaster recovery for all services
Implement tracing, performance, and regression testing
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

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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