Staff Software Engineer - Fraud Risk & Real-Time Scoring

Mercury; United States; On-site; USD 239,000 - 298,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (stock options)

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Mercury is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build systems that ensure safe and delightful experiences for businesses. You'll lead fraud prevention system architecture, manage cross-functional projects, and design high-availability backend systems. The ideal candidate has 7-10+ years in software development, enjoys mentoring, and has a strong product mindset. Compensation includes a competitive salary range of $239,000 - $298,800 for US employees, reflecting the fintech market standards.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of software development experience, focusing on backend.
• Experience making architectural decisions as a technical lead.
• Product-minded with experience balancing reliability and velocity.
• Ability to drive discussions and resolve cross-team issues.
• Experience in fintech, fraud systems, or risk domain is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of fraud prevention systems.
• Own delivery of cross-function projects and make pragmatic tradeoffs.
• Design backend systems for real-time fraud scoring and decisioning.
• Partner with Data Science to enable real-time model serving.
• Establish best practices and mentor engineers.

Skills

Software development

Backend engineering

Haskell

Technical leadership

Fintech experience

Job description

Mercury is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build systems that ensure safe and delightful experiences for businesses. You'll lead fraud prevention system architecture, manage cross-functional projects, and design high-availability backend systems. The ideal candidate has 7-10+ years in software development, enjoys mentoring, and has a strong product mindset. Compensation includes a competitive salary range of $239,000 - $298,800 for US employees, reflecting the fintech market standards.