Senior Software Engineer - Investments

About Mercury

Mercury provides an exceptional banking experience for startups. Our Investments Team develops innovative solutions for founders deciding how to utilize idle capital. We have built a financial platform that enables startups to deploy their cash effectively, merging maximizing yield with capital preservation in a streamlined interface. It is institutional-level cash management specifically designed for high-growth startups.

The Investments Team consists of backend and frontend engineers dedicated to crafting sophisticated products that oversee billions in customer assets as Mercury expands. We maintain a high standard of precision and excellence, recognizing that modern startups need solutions that surpass traditional expectations.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Investments Team, you’ll play a key role as a technical leader and hands-on engineer in building scaled, novel, and compliant Trading & Custody systems. These systems power our Treasury and Invest products and empower our internal Investment Operations team with robust and efficient tools. You will showcase a strong sense of ownership in a collaborative, cross-functional environment while bringing the entire engineering team along with you as a leader.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact, cross-functional projects across the Investments space.
• Architect, build, and scale brokerage trading and/or custody systems and processes.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and compliance to ship thoughtful features for our customers and internal users.
• Feel a strong sense of product ownership and actively seek responsibility – we want someone excited to help shape and build Mercury’s future.
• Join a team of engineers who do not take themselves seriously as we manage billions of dollars of customer assets.

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of backend experience with a strong sense of ownership and detail.
• Domain knowledge of broker-dealer trading and/or custody systems that support both individual securities (equities, fixed income) as well as ETFs and mutual funds.
• Understands scale and isn’t afraid to dig into AWS and infrastructure solutions.
• Experience as the technical lead of complex projects with many stakeholders from inception to completion with a track record of success.
• Proven ability to make architectural decisions, measure the impact of those decisions over time, and clearly articulate technical opinions and tradeoffs.

Total Rewards

The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using reliable compensation survey data.