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title: 'Software Engineer - Mercury Command at Mercury'
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# Software Engineer - Mercury Command at Mercury

- **Company:** Mercury
- **Location:** San Francisco CA New York NY Portland OR OR Within Canada OR, United States
- **Compensation:** $116k–$176k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-25
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mercury/jobs/6233238004

## Job description

In 1965, an engineer in Scotland was given a mundane task with a tricky problem to it - banks wanted to close on Saturdays and still serve customers, but they didn’t know how to solve authentication of the right user. James Goodfellow, working at Smiths Industries, uncovered the insight that you needed something you have (a card) and something you know (a PIN). Because someone told him they could only remember 4 digits instead of his proposed 6, today over 3 million ATMs use a card+4 digit PIN over 60 years later.

Like the ATM, Mercury is building technology that pushes forward financial interfaces for the long term. Command is Mercury's LLM-powered financial assistant, launched to all customers in June 2026. It lets users understand their finances and take action in plain language, from asking about cash flow to sending payments, issuing cards, and managing invoices. With the product now in customers' hands, the work is to evolve it, extend its capabilities, and find new ways to leverage LLMs to give Mercury customers a more powerful banking* experience.

What You'll Do:

- Ship new capabilities users love
- Feel a strong sense of product ownership and actively seek responsibility – help design and ship new Command skills
- Partner with product and compliance teams to define what "working correctly" means for each new capability, then build the tests that prove it
- Join a small but mighty team of experienced product and AI engineers building the future of Mercury
- This list is illustrative. Command is a product in motion and priorities will shift as we learn. The right person should be comfortable working in ambiguity, in a scrappy startup environment

The Ideal Candidate:

- Has 1-4 years of backend or full-stack development experience, with knowledge of or excitement to learn Haskell, React, TypeScript, and Redux
- Experience building LLM powered products
- A builder who is passionately product-minded and has experience building and shipping new products
- Empathizes with users and can channel their perspective to build lovable products
- Can balance tradeoffs and find creative solutions to accomplish goals
- 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

If this role interests you, we invite you to explore our public demo at [demo.mercury.com](http://demo.mercury.com).

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

## #LI-RA1

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 the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

US employees (any location): $122,400—$176,000 USD

Canadian employees (any location): $115,700—$166,399 CAD

## About Mercury

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Mercury provides banking and financial workflow solutions for startups and ambitious companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (offices also in New York, NY and Portland, OR)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Fintech, Business Banking, Financial Operations
- **Target customers**: B2B – primarily startups and growing companies
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Transformative banking for ambitious entrepreneurs” – making banking better and simplifying financial operations so businesses can focus on growth.

## Products & Services
- **Mercury Banking**: A powerful business bank account (checking, savings, debit and credit cards) that serves as the nucleus of financial operations. (Service)
- **Bill Pay & Spend Management**: Tools to pay bills, send invoices, monitor spending, and understand cash flow – all from one platform. (SaaS/Service)
- **Financial Operations Platform**: Integrates payments, invoices, bill pay, cash flow monitoring, and spend management into a single dashboard. (SaaS)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Over 200,000 startups use Mercury; employees count exceeded 1,000 (950+ as of one source, 919 U.S.-based employees reported by Great Place to Work).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by top-tier venture capitalists (specific names not disclosed in available sources). Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust (Members FDIC).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Within days of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure (March 2023), Mercury picked up more than $2 billion in deposits and retained 92% of those customers six months later.
  - Recognized on Fortune’s Best Medium Workplaces 2023 (ranked 16th), Forbes Fintech 50, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative.
  - 96% of employees say Mercury is a great place to work (Great Place to Work certified).

## Competitive Advantages
- **All-in-One Financial Hub**: Combines banking, payments, bill pay, and spend management in one platform, reducing the need for multiple tools.
- **Startup-First Design**: Built specifically for high-growth companies, with features that scale from early stage to established enterprise.
- **High Customer Retention**: Proven stickiness after the SVB crisis demonstrates strong trust and product-market fit.
- **Top-Tier Backing and Recognition**: Endorsed by leading investors and media, reinforcing credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- **Product Expansion**: Continuing to build out financial workflows (bill pay, spend management) to become the single source of truth for business finance.
- **AI Integration**: Hiring for roles like Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer, AI Engineering, and Model Risk Manager – indicating a push to embed AI/ML into products and internal processes.
- **Remote-First Talent**: Embracing a remote-first culture with physical offices in SF, NY, Portland, and hiring across the US and Canada.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes “build relentlessly,” “think actively,” “be super helpful,” and “act with humility.” Employees report a strong sense of purpose and collaboration.
- **Remote & Hybrid Flexibility**: Remote-first with optional in-office hubs. Open roles are listed as “Any office or remote” in the US and Canada.
- **Benefits Package**:
  - Health, dental, vision insurance
  - 12+ weeks paid parental leave
  - $600 custom work-from-home equipment setup
  - Annual $1,000 learning & development budget
  - Paid 6-week sabbatical after 5 years
  - Weekly $100 food budget
  - Monthly $100 wellness budget
  - Monthly $50 cellphone reimbursement
  - Unlimited vacation (with mandatory minimum)
  - 401(k) matching up to 4% of base salary
  - Inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits (Carrot Fertility)
  - Pet-friendly offices with free lunch, snacks, and beverages
- **Growth Opportunities**: 950+ employees (as of one source) and growing; strong commitment to career development and high-impact work.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Stated priority to embrace every individual and provide tools for great work.

## Sources
1. [mercury.com/jobs](https://mercury.com/jobs) – Benefits, culture, open roles
2. [mercury.com/about](https://mercury.com/about) – Company overview, values, press mentions, Forbes quote
3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/mercury](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mercury) – Current job listings
4. [linkedin.com/company/mercuryhq/jobs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mercuryhq/jobs) – LinkedIn jobs page
5. [greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7025113](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7025113) – Employee satisfaction certification, headcount

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