Head of Data Engineering & Platform (Fintech)

Location: San Francisco, New York, Portland, or remote within the United States or Canada

Salary: US base salary $289,700–$362,100; Canadian base salary CAD $273,800–$342,200, plus equity and benefits.

Company

Mercury is a fintech company providing banking services through partner financial institutions.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of senior data and analytics engineers.
• Define and execute the long-term data platform strategy, architecture, tooling, and reusable data products.
• Make trusted data discoverable and usable by people and AI systems through semantic models, metadata, and developer tooling.
• Establish practices for platform reliability, observability, data quality, governance, privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Data Science, Security, and Infrastructure leaders to support product development and decision-making.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years leading data or engineering teams.
• Experience architecting modern data platforms at scale for analytics, AI, machine learning, and operational systems.
• Strong technical judgment and organizational influence during periods of rapid growth.
• Deep expertise in data modeling, orchestration, streaming, storage systems, metadata, and governance.
• Experience working with Security, Legal, Compliance, and Privacy teams in a regulated financial environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Base salary, equity through stock options or RSUs, and benefits.
• Compensation is adjusted based on experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity.
• Commitment to diversity, belonging, equal employment opportunity, and reasonable accommodations.