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Engineering Manager - Bank Accounts

Mercury· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (New York, NY), Hybrid (Portland, OR), Hybrid (Remote (Canada or USA))$200.7k - $250.9kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Engineering Manager leading a team building reliable banking services for Mercury as it scales its own banking; responsible for delivering high-availability core banking capabilities, coordinating cross-functional partners, and developing engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of 4 to 8 senior engineers to deliver high-availability banking services.
  • Translate company and product direction into clear, measurable team objectives.
  • Build a predictable delivery system that makes progress, risks, and tradeoffs visible.
  • Balance customer-facing improvements with platform reliability, operational readiness, and long-term maintainability.
  • Partner with Product, Design, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to make Mercury’s banking products reliable, understandable, and useful.
  • Hire and onboard engineers while maintaining a consistent, high-quality interview process.
  • Hold the team accountable for using AI-assisted development responsibly, with appropriate testing, evaluation, review, and production safeguards.
  • Give clear, useful feedback to engineers at every level.
  • Create an environment where engineers can do their best work and grow their technical and leadership skills.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated ability to lead a technical team.
  • Experience building or operating reliable financial, banking, payments, or other high-integrity systems.
  • Comfortable working across product, policy, infrastructure, and operational boundaries.
  • Ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear decisions, owners, and execution plans.
  • Strong technical judgment and the ability to engage deeply with system design and implementation.
  • Experience developing senior engineers and creating opportunities for engineers to lead.
  • Care deeply about correctness, reliability, customer experience, and operational excellence.
  • Familiarity with our tech stack (Haskell and TypeScript) or interest in learning it.

Skills

Required:Leadership of technical teamsBuilding/operating reliable banking or high-integrity systemsCross-functional collaborationSystem design and executionPeople developmentFamiliarity with Haskell and TypeScript

Benefits

  • Total Rewards package includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.
  • Competitive salary and equity ranges updated regularly using compensation survey data.
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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