Jobs · Engineering · Oregon

Senior Engineering Manager – Domestic Wires & Real-time Payments

Mercury · Portland, OR · 3 wk ago
Engineering$239k–$299k/yrFull-time

Lead Team

Lead a team of 7+ backend and full-stack engineers

Hire, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers across experience levels

Help shape the organization structure as the payment rails group scales

Coach emerging leaders within the group

Drive predictable execution against company and product goals

Foster a healthy, engaging, and high-performing team environment

Technical Expertise

Brings strong technical judgment and credibility: you’ll interview at a similar technical depth as senior ICs

Is familiar with our tech stack (especially Haskell), or excited to learn it

Domain Knowledge

The ideal candidate for the role:

  • Has 5+ years of experience managing software engineering teams at multiple organizations (experience leading remote-first, distributed teams is a plus)
  • Has been hired as an external manager previously and knows how to gain domain knowledge to have positive impact quickly
  • Experience operating in high-responsibility/high-impact domains
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and growing scope
  • Track record of leading through cross-functional and cross-team coordination

Collaboration

Partner closely with product and design to identify and prioritize high-impact work

Collaborate across teams to build cohesive products and simpler, more maintainable systems

Balance new development with ongoing maintenance and operational excellence

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