Mercury
fintech
SeniorEngineeringManager–DomesticWires&RealtimePayments
“Senior Engineering Manager – Domestic Wires & Real-time Payments at Mercury. Skills: Leading software engineering teams, Mentoring and retaining engineers, Driving predictable execution, Upholding technical quality and reliability, Collaborating with product and design. Lead a team of 7+ backend and full-stack engineers. Hire, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers across experience levels”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive predictable execution against company and product goals; Uphold a high bar for technical quality, reliability, and system stability; Align engineering work with Mercury’s values and long-term strategy; identify and prioritize high-impact work; build cohesive products and simpler, more maintainable systems; Balance new development with ongoing maintenance and operational excellence
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience managing software engineering teams at multiple organizations, Has been hired as an external manager previously and knows how to gain domain knowledge to have positive impact quickly, Experience operating in high-responsibility/high-impact domains, Comfortable with ambiguity and growing scope, Track record of leading through cross-functional and cross-team coordination, Brings technical judgment and credibility: you’ll interview at a similar technical depth as senior ICs
Nice to Have
experience leading remote-first, distributed teams is a plus, Is familiar with our tech stack (especially Haskell), or excited to learn it, Has experience in finance, fintech, or banking* systems (payments experience is a plus)
What You'll Do.
Lead a team of 7+ backend and full-stack engineers
and retain high-performing engineers across experience levels
Help shape the organization structure as the payment rails group scales
Coach emerging leaders within the group
Drive predictable execution against company and product goals
and high-performing team environment
Uphold a high bar for technical quality
Align engineering work with Mercury’s values and long-term strategy
Partner closely with product and design to identify and prioritize high-impact work
Collaborate across teams to build cohesive products and simpler
more maintainable systems
Balance new development with ongoing maintenance and operational excellence
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate across teams to build cohesive products and simpler, more maintainable systems; Partner closely with product and design to identify and prioritize high-impact work; leading through cross-functional and cross-team coordination
Process & Methodology
Drive predictable execution against company and product goals
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