About the Role
Mercury is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Backend Developer Experience team. This role is pivotal in creating a developer ecosystem that enhances speed, quality, and satisfaction for Mercury's engineers. As a senior engineer, you will work with a team of talented professionals to build tools and methodologies that improve the effectiveness of our backend engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Instrument the Software Development Life Cycle: Develop quantitative and qualitative metrics to assess the speed, quality, and enjoyment of our engineers' work.
- Product-Centric Improvements: Use a product-focused approach to introduce novel tools and methodologies that enhance backend engineering effectiveness.
- Open Source Contributions: Create patches and contribute to popular open source projects such as GHC, GHCi, Persistent, and Nixpkgs.
- Tooling and Solutions: Develop innovative solutions to maintain productivity in the world's largest Haskell codebase, often open sourcing these tools.
- Collaboration with Product Teams: Work closely with product teams to test and refine our tools, gaining firsthand experience in delivering features for Mercury’s customers.
Ideal Candidate
- Experience: 3+ years in backend development with a strong understanding of the backend stack. Experience in enabling other engineers and improving engineering velocity.
- Feedback-Driven: Open to feedback and driven by customer insights to improve engineering speed and experience.
- Problem Solving: Skilled in navigating ambiguous problem domains and effectively communicating technical plans to gain buy-in and alignment.
- Empathy and Respect: A thoughtful engineer who values diverse perspectives and seeks compromise on contentious issues.
Bonus Points
- Experience on platform teams supporting hundreds of engineers.
- Deep experience with Haskell or other purely functional languages.
- Experience with Nix, NixOs, and Nix Packages.
- Experience contributing to open source libraries.
About Mercury
Mercury is a financial technology company that provides banking services through Choice Financial Group and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC. We empower over 200K startups with the financial tools they need to operate efficiently.
Compensation
- Salary Range: $203,100 – $238,900 USD annually.
- Equity Options: Competitive equity packages available.
Location
This is a remote position available to candidates in the United States.
Join us at Mercury to help shape the future of financial technology and developer experience. Apply today to be part of a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Competitive salary
- Equity options
- Remote work flexibility
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