Software Engineer

Summary

Join Mercury's Stability team and contribute to building reliable and stable banking services. As a backend developer, you will write, test, debug, and ship high-quality code, collaborating with engineers and project leads. You will own your tasks, communicate effectively, and provide feedback on requirements. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of backend development experience, is persistent, and can balance tradeoffs. Mercury offers a competitive total rewards package including base salary, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• Has 2 or more years of backend development experience on web-based systems
• Is persistent in the face of challenges
• Can balance tradeoffs and find creative solutions to accomplish goals
• Understands the workflows of fellow engineers and is empathetic toward their needs
• Is interested in interactions between systems
• Demonstrates an interest in growing their skillset as an engineer

Responsibilities

• Write, test, debug, and ship quality code as part of our team initiatives
• Communicate with clarity about your work
• Own your tasks and keep them moving forward
• Work with project leads to understand implementation goals and give feedback on requirements
• Speak with product engineers to understand their use cases
• With direction, find ways to improve systems at Mercury

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience working with Haskell or similar functional programming languages
• Have used PostgreSQL or another relational database

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options)
• Benefits