# Senior Engineering Manager – Domestic Wires & Real-time Payments

**Company:** [Mercury](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mercury)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $239k – $299k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Haskell, Backend Engineering, Full-Stack Engineering, Payments Systems, Fintech, Distributed Systems, Remote Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Technical Interviewing, System Reliability
**Posted:** 2026-05-13

> Leads a team of backend and full-stack engineers building secure domestic wires and real-time payments infrastructure at a fintech company. Requires 5+ years managing engineering teams, strong technical judgment, and experience in high-impact domains like finance.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- 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
- Uphold a high bar for technical quality, reliability, and system stability
- Align engineering work with Mercury's values and long-term strategy
- 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

## Requirements

- 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
- 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
- Has experience in finance, fintech, or banking systems (payments experience is a plus)

## Compensation

**US employees (any location):** $239,000 - $298,800 base salary, plus equity (stock options) and benefits.

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