Staff Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership and guidance for several agile teams or projects executing prioritized software product roadmaps.

• Develop high-quality code for intricate scenarios while ensuring adequate test coverage.

• Assess and convert product requirements into robust designs for distributed application systems.

• Facilitate design and code reviews across multiple applications.

• Oversee multiple sprint teams within the same product domain to deliver new or enhanced features and resolve challenges.

• Collaborate with teams, stakeholders, and product managers to guarantee successful delivery, estimate efforts, prioritize tasks, plan, and execute roadmap items.

• Mentor and offer technical support to engineers across various teams.

• Cultivate a culture of innovation and excellence within Mercury engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record in cutting-edge technologies and/or those utilized at Mercury.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience leading multi-team engineering initiatives to build features in a distributed application systems environment.

• Proficient in programming with one or more industry-standard languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, C++, JavaScript).

• Skilled in utilizing various data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

• Experienced with relational databases, NoSQL, and caching solutions.

• Proficient in APIs using contemporary protocols like REST and gRPC.

• Familiar with message queuing, data streaming, workflow, and integration frameworks (such as Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, Amazon SQS, MS MQ, Apache Camel, etc.).

• Knowledgeable in microservices architecture.

• Experienced with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Proficient in cloud platforms including AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

• Experienced in leveraging DevSecOps practices to enhance engineering efficiency.

• Skilled in designing and implementing high-quality distributed application systems that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, and are fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable.

• Experienced in utilizing analytics data and experimentation to design and enhance systems for speed, scalability, and effectiveness.

• Excellent problem-solving capabilities leading to innovative solutions.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

• Demonstrated leadership abilities through mentoring and providing technical guidance to multiple teams.

• Experienced in advocating for operational excellence and best practices with an emphasis on quality, performance, scalability, maintainability, and observability.

• Experienced in driving technical strategy and vision across multiple teams.

• Preferred: Master’s Degree in Computer Science.

• Preferred experience with Java, Python, Spring Boot, microservices architectures, Apache Airflow, message-queuing technologies, cloud technologies, Docker, integration frameworks, metadata stores, schema registries, and AI-driven automation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation

• Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions

• Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)

• Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance

• 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match

• Engaging work environment

• Promotional opportunities

• Education assistance

• Professional and personal development opportunities

• Company recognition program

• Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more