San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States Hybrid Employment $200,700 - $250,900

Mercury is hiring an Engineering Manager - Mercury Accounting

About the Role

Manage a team of software engineers responsible for developing and maintaining accounting systems that support high-volume financial transactions and reporting. Foster team development, ensure technical excellence, and align engineering efforts with business and compliance goals.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of engineers building and maintaining accounting software systems
  • Drive engineering best practices including code quality, testing, and system reliability
  • Collaborate with product and finance teams to define roadmap priorities
  • Mentor engineers in technical and professional growth
  • Oversee incident response and resolution for critical accounting systems
  • Ensure systems comply with financial regulations and audit requirements
  • Manage sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery timelines
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate accounting data across platforms
  • Evaluate and adopt new technologies to improve system performance
  • Champion observability, monitoring, and alerting practices
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing and documentation within the team
  • Identify and mitigate technical debt in core financial systems
  • Support on-call rotations and post-mortem analysis
  • Ensure secure handling of sensitive financial data
  • Balance short-term deliverables with long-term architectural goals
  • Drive automation in reconciliation and reporting workflows
  • Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
  • Participate in hiring, interviewing, and onboarding new team members
  • Represent engineering in cross-team planning and strategy sessions
  • Translate business requirements into technical specifications
  • Maintain system uptime and data integrity under high transaction loads
  • Optimize database performance for financial reporting queries
  • Ensure disaster recovery and data backup procedures are robust
  • Lead code reviews and uphold engineering standards
  • Foster inclusive team practices and psychological safety

Compensation

Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Part of the core engineering organization focused on financial infrastructure and product reliability

Why This Role Matters

The accounting systems you oversee directly impact financial accuracy, regulatory compliance, and customer trust. Your leadership ensures the team builds resilient, auditable systems that scale with the business.

What You’ll Build

You’ll lead development of core services handling transaction processing, revenue recognition, reconciliation pipelines, and financial reporting integrations. These systems process millions of transactions and require high precision and reliability.

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Department Engineering
Category management
Posted an hour ago