Senior Software Engineer, Investments Trading Systems

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 201,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Mercury is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Investments Team to lead and build scalable trading and custody solutions. You’ll own architecture decisions, drive end-to-end delivery, and collaborate with product, operations, and compliance to deliver features powering Treasury and Invest products.

You’ll work on scalable, compliant systems handling billions in customer assets. Ideal candidates have 5–7+ years of backend experience, strong ownership, and deep domain knowledge of

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years backend experience.
• Domain knowledge of broker-dealer trading/custody systems.
• Experience leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects in the Investments space.
• Architect, build, and scale trading and custody systems.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and compliance to ship features.
• Demonstrate ownership and drive responsibilities across teams.
• Guide engineers and align the team toward Mercury’s goals.

Skills

Backend development

Broker-dealer trading

AWS

Technical leadership

System architecture

Tools

AWS

Job description

Mercury is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Investments Team to lead and build scalable trading and custody solutions. You’ll own architecture decisions, drive end-to-end delivery, and collaborate with product, operations, and compliance to deliver features powering Treasury and Invest products.

You’ll work on scalable, compliant systems handling billions in customer assets. Ideal candidates have 5–7+ years of backend experience, strong ownership, and deep domain knowledge of