Join Mercury as a Senior Backend Engineer to shape the future of banking for startups with a close-knit team.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
AI in the day-to-day
Actively incorporates AI tools into their workflow to amplify impact.
Requirements
- Experience
- 3–7 years
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Backend Engineer at Mercury will take on significant product ownership, collaborating closely with designers and product leaders to develop innovative banking solutions. The position requires 3-7 years of backend development experience, proficiency in SQL, and a willingness to learn Haskell, alongside a strong focus on user empathy and architectural decision-making. This opportunity is well-suited for experienced engineers who thrive in a dynamic, startup-like environment and are eager to leverage AI tools to enhance their work.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 2, 2026. Last confirmed on Mercury's careers page October 8, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 41% of 29 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list SQL we track (median $174,915 across 19 companies). See SQL salary trends
- SQL appears in 7.2% of 497 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Mercury lists $166,600–$208,300 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- 3–7 years of relevant experience for this Senior Backend Engineer - Product role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Haskell, SQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Mercury targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Backend Engineer - Product role at Mercury.
From the original posting
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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 backend 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 backend development experience.
- Knowledge of or excitement to learn Haskell, and proficiency in SQL.
- Empathizes with users and can channel their perspective to build lovable products.
- Has made architectural decisions in the past and measured the impact of those decisions over time. You should be able to clearly articulate your technical opinions and lay out tradeoffs.
- Actively incorporates AI tools into their workflow and is excited about leveraging them to amplify their impact — whether that's accelerating development, improving code quality, or finding creative solutions to hard problems.
- 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.
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The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.
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