Frontend Engineer - Creative Products

Mercury; New York, Portland, San Francisco (NY, OR, CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Mercury as a Frontend Developer, contributing to a dynamic web platform aimed at enhancing user experience. You will work on exciting projects, balancing creativity and technical expertise to drive unique digital experiences. Mercury values diversity and encourages innovative thinkers ready to push technological boundaries.

Benefits

Equity (stock options)

Competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of frontend development experience.
• Experience with a content-driven site using a CMS.
• Ability to empathize with users and build lovable products.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a beautiful, fast, and accessible front-end web platform.
• Improve demo experiences to help potential customers.
• Collaborate with designers to enhance the marketing site.

Skills

Frontend development

React

TypeScript

Web platform fundamentals

User empathy

Creative solutions

Job description

San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States

In the late 19th century, during the height of the Industrial Revolution, the world witnessed a profound transformation in both technology and society. Engineers like Isambard Kingdom Brunel and George Stephenson were at the forefront of this change. They were not merely builders but visionaries who sculpted the very arteries of modern commerce. Their work reshaped landscapes and redefined the possibilities of industrial design. These engineers contributed to a world where infrastructure became a canvas for creativity and a catalyst for expansion. Their ability to merge innovative engineering with aesthetic appeal transformed mundane bridges and railways into iconic landmarks.

Today at Mercury, we embrace a similar blend of creativity and engineering prowess.

As part of this role, you will:

• Steward a beautiful, fast, and accessible front-end web platform and maintain the CMS behind it (Dato)
• Improve the demo experience at demo.mercury.com to help potential customers understand how Mercury can work for them
• Build new tools that help founders
• Collaborate with designers to infuse the marketing site and web application with moments of whimsy and small UI delights
• Spark unique moments of joy with larger experiential projects that help Mercury grow

The ideal candidate for the role:

• Has 3-5 years of frontend development experience, including experience with React and TypeScript, along with strong web platform fundamentals.
• Has experience working on a content-driven site leveraging a CMS
• Empathizes with users and can channel their perspective to build lovable products.
• Can balance tradeoffs and find creative solutions to accomplish goals
• Likes pushing the boundaries of what they can do with technology, leveraging creativity to build something interesting
• Communicates and collaborates effectively with peers and cross-functional counterparts.

The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options), 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): $140,800 - 158,400
• Canadian employees (any location): CAD $133,100 - 149,700

*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group, Column N.A, and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC.

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.

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