Job description

As long as there have been buildings, there has been scaffolding. In the caves of Lascaux, sockets in the cave wall were used to build scaffolds, allowing its Paleolithic inhabitants to craft their majestic cave-paintings, which survive to the modern day. From that time onward, every edifice has had its scaffold— from the bamboo poles that held the craftsmen of the Great Wall of China, to the steel trusses that held aloft the ironworkers who raised the Empire State Building.

Mercury is growing rapidly, and as we expand beyond the limits of our architecture today we must build anew. We have a solid foundation but the expansion, renovation, and exploration that come next needs new scaffolding all along the way. We are looking for an engineer to help build the battens and transoms that will lift up our frontend engineers and help us build great things. The role is more than just creating components; we'd like you to help guide the next generation of Mercury frontend engineers and inspire the entire company to craft polished and pleasant frontend experiences. To put it differently, we'd like to make our engineers as excited about the frontend as our customers are about our product.

As part of this role, you and your team will:

Work closely with designers and engineers across Mercury to build, maintain, and drive adoption of our foundational libraries.
Improve the type-safety, accessibility, and performance of our React components while maintaining excellent user experience.
Modernize, simplify, and improve the resiliency of our Design System components.
Maintain and enhance our critical frontend developer tooling, such as our form libraries and Storybook.
Foster enthusiasm about frontend work at Mercury through mentorship, set best practices, and solve pain points for our engineers.

The ideal candidate for the role:

Has 4+ years of experience in frontend development
Is ridiculously helpful, taking initiative to make other developers' lives easier
Has contributed to or maintained a React component library, such as a design system or other shared UI component library
Has deep experience in React, TypeScript, and foundational web technologies, and is excited to help teach and promote best practices

*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

US employees (any location): $173,600 – $204,200 USD
Canadian employees (any location): CAD 158,000 - 185,500

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