Head of Data Engineering & Platform

💼 Full-time💰 $289,700–$289,700🗓 2026-09-13 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the design and execution of Mercury's long-term data platform strategy to create a foundation where trusted data is easy for people and AI systems to discover, understand, and use.

Role type

Head of Data Engineering & Platform (Strategy-level leadership)

Builds

Core data infrastructure, semantic layers, metadata tools, and reusable data products powering analytics, AI, and operational systems

Domain

Fintech / Data Engineering / Platform Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Data platform architecture, data modeling, orchestration, streaming, storage systems, metadata management, data governance, team leadership, cross-functional partnership

Preferred skills

Experience in regulated financial institutions, semantic modeling, developer tooling for data discovery

Technologies

Modern data infrastructure tools (implied: orchestration, streaming, storage)

Responsibilities

Build and lead a high-performing team of senior data engineers; Define and execute the data platform strategy; Establish foundations for reliability, observability, data quality, and governance; Partner with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and Security leaders

Seniority

Executive/Head level, strategic planning & team leadership

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About Mercury

Mercury is on a mission to defy those expectations. We're a financial technology company that helps startups spend less time banking* and more time building. We believe that the key to our success revolves around thoughtful design — and we hold the craft of that design to an exceptionally high standard. We're looking for a Staff Brand Designer who sets that bar: someone whose eye is so precise, and whose execution is so considered, that the work around them gets better just by virtue of their presence.