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Full-Time
VP of Engineering
Banking for startups
Fintech
Senior, Expert
San Francisco, CA, USA + 4 more
Required Skills
Haskell
Requirements
- Has experience managing engineering managers and owning the delivery of a rapidly improving and expanding product
- Has scaled an organization to hundreds of engineers
- Is an excellent communicator: much of the work you do will involve writing documentation that explains and justifies how the engineering organization can function better, and talking to engineers to get buy-in for your ideas
- Has excellent product skills both in instincts for what makes a product great, and using data to develop the right products
- Solving major architectural issues. Mercury doesn't have the looming technical issues of a social network bucking under exponential growth; things by-and-large work correctly. You should still be an excellent engineer, to better collaborate with your coworkers
- Bringing a large number of engineers with you. You'll definitely be involved in the hiring process, but you can be a great candidate for this role without personally having a wide social network
- Managing non-product engineering groups, which work on training, infrastructure, developer user experience, and security, and which compose around 15% of the engineering organization. We think the most leverage for you is in the product engineering domain, but we're flexible if you think you're a good fit for some of this work
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead a team of great engineers and engineering leaders overseeing Mercury products like Banking*, Growth, and Risk
- Create processes, frameworks, and tools for the engineering organization to operate predictably and consistently, like improving our engineering leveling guide, or develop a method for how to handle if an engineer isn't performing well
- Establish a sense of urgency and direction, setting clear expectations with teams and individuals in alignment to business goals
- Maintain a strong operational excellence mindset with the engineering department, suitable for the correctness and quality of financial products
- Foster an environment where engineers can deliver products that are a joy to use
- Be a trusted partner to our founders and leaders across other departments, especially design and product, collaborating to build lovely products that achieve business goals
- Give high-level input on technical decisions, such as the tradeoffs between acquiring a company or building technology in-house
Desired Qualifications
- Fintech experience is a plus, but not essential
- Haskell or functional programming experience is a plus, but not essential
Mercury is on a mission to build a banking stack for startups. The company provides banking services and APIs for startups.
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$152M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2017
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↓ -2%1 year growth
↓ -2%2 year growth
↑ 62%Benefits
Health, dental, & vision
Custom equipment setup
401(K) matching
12+ weeks paid parental leave
Book budget
Wellness benefits
Grocery budget
Paid lunch
Personalized callsign
Unlimited vacation policy (with mandatory minimum)
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