Senior Backend Engineer

3 weeks ago


San Francisco, California, United States Mercury Full time
Growth Activation Team

The Growth Activation Team at Mercury focuses on implementing high-leverage solutions that drive outsized impact for our customer base. Our team builds and refines scalable systems that enhance core feature adoption, allowing startups to grow efficiently and confidently into the products that best suit their business needs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and develop backend systems and features that embrace a scientific approach to growth engineering.
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to create scalable solutions, driving innovation through rapid testing, iterative learning, and data-driven experimentation.
  • Work on core feature activation, organization inflection points, and product-led sales infrastructure.
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in backend development with a proven track record of building scalable systems.
  • Deep proficiency with SQL and experience or a strong interest in learning Haskell.
  • Experience working as a growth engineer or in a data-driven, product-oriented engineering environment.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguous surface areas autonomously and approach challenges with the intention of generating impactful, measurable outcomes.
What We Offer

A highly competitive total rewards package, including base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are $203,100 - 238,900 for US employees and CAD 184,800 - 217,400 for Canadian employees.



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