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Position Summary:
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and direction for multiple agile teams or projects to implement prioritized software product roadmaps. This role includes designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems, along with mentoring junior engineers.
Geo-Salary InformationState specific pay scales for this role are as follows:
$101,167 to $204,439 (CA, NJ, NY, WA, HI, AK, MD, CT, RI, MA)
$91,970 to $185,853 (NV, OR, AZ, CO, WY, TX, ND, MN, MO, IL, WI, FL, GA, MI, OH, VA, PA, DE, VT, NH, ME)
$82,773 to $167,268 (UT, ID, MT, NM, SD, NE, KS, OK, IA, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, WV)
The expected base salary for this position will vary depending on a number of factors, including relevant experience, skills and location.
ResponsibilitiesEssential Job Functions:
- Write high-quality code for complex scenarios with good test coverage.
- Review and translate product requirements into robust designs to ensure high-quality distributed application systems that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, and are fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable.
- Lead design and code reviews of multiple applications to ensure best practices, adherence to Mercury standards, and high quality.
- Lead multiple sprint teams within the same product area to deliver new or improved features, addressing any impediments in delivering high-quality solutions for items in the product backlog.
- Collaborate with other teams and stakeholders as necessary to ensure overall successful delivery of the intended functionality.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across multiple teams within the same functional area, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence within Mercury engineering.
- Collaborate with product managers to estimate effort, prioritize work, plan, and deliver prioritized roadmap items.
Education:
Minimum:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related fields Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred:
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science.
Experience:
Minimum:
- 7+ years software engineering experience with proven experience in cutting-edge Technologies and/or those used at Mercury.
- 3+ years hands-on experience leading multi-team engineering initiatives for building features in a distributed application systems environment.
Preferred:
- 7 or more years of experience with backend development (preferably using Java or Python)
- 4 or more years of experience utilizing cloud technologies (preferred AWS)
- 3 or more years of experience overseeing the entire development lifecycle, from architecture design and coding to testing and release
- 3 or more years of experience mentoring junior engineers and providing technical leadership
- 1 or more years of experience with generative AI
Skills:
Minimum:
- Proficient in programming in one or more industry-standard languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, C++, JavaScript).
- Proficient in leveraging various data structures, algorithms, and design patterns. Experienced in relational databases, NoSQL, and caching solutions.
- Skilled in APIs using modern protocols like REST and gRPC.
- Experienced in message queuing, data streaming, workflow, and integration frameworks (such as Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, Amazon SQS, MS MQ, Apache Camel, etc.). Knowledgeable in microservices architecture.
- Experienced in containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. Proficient in cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
- Experienced in leveraging DevSecOps to improve engineering efficiency.
- Proficient in designing and implementing high-quality distributed application systems that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, and are fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable.
- Experienced in leveraging analytics data and experimentation to design and improve systems for speed, scalability, and effectiveness.
- Excellent problem-solving skills leading to innovative solutions.
- Strong communication skills. Strong ability to collaborate and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders across multiple functional areas to address impediments and deliver desired results.
- Demonstrated leadership skills through mentoring and providing technical guidance to multiple teams within a functional area.
- Experienced in championing operational excellence and best practices with a focus on quality, performance, scalability, maintainability, and observability.
- Experienced in driving technical strategy and vision for multiple teams.
Why choose a career at Mercury?
At Mercury, we have been guided by our purpose to help people reduce risk and overcome unexpected events for more than 60 years. We are one team with a common goal to help others. Everyone needs insurance and we can’t imagine a world without it.
Our team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. We embrace the strengths and values of each team member. We believe in having diverse perspectives where everyone is included, to serve customers from all walks of life.
We care about our people, and we mean it. We reward our talented professionals with a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals.
Learn more about us here: https://www.mercuryinsurance.com/about/careers
Perks and BenefitsWe offer many great benefits, including:
- Competitive compensation
- Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions
- Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)
- Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
- 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match
- Engaging work environment
- Promotional opportunities
- Education assistance
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Company recognition program
- Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more
Mercury Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Pay RangeUSD $101,167.00 - USD $204,439.00 /Yr.Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience leading multi-team engineering initiatives in distributed application systems
- Proficiency in at least one industry-standard programming language, such as Java, Python, Go, C++, or JavaScript
- Experience with data structures, algorithms, design patterns, relational databases, NoSQL, and caching solutions
- Experience developing APIs using REST and gRPC
- Experience with message queuing, data streaming, workflow, integration frameworks, and microservices architecture
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
- Experience leveraging DevSecOps
- Experience designing and implementing scalable, secure, maintainable distributed application systems
- Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills
- Master’s degree in Computer Science
- 7+ years of backend development experience, preferably with Java or Python
- 4+ years of experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS
- 3+ years overseeing the full development lifecycle from architecture through release
- 3+ years mentoring junior engineers and providing technical leadership
- 1+ year of experience with generative AI
Mercury Insurance Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mercury Insurance and has not been reviewed or approved by Mercury Insurance.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical coverage spans multiple plan types alongside dental and vision, with employer HSA funding, mental‑health access, and wellness incentives. These offerings indicate a well‑rounded health and wellbeing package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and automatic enrollment indicates structured retirement support. A defined vesting approach further underscores consistent long‑term savings assistance.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off offerings cover vacation, sick time, paid holidays, and standard leaves such as bereavement, military, and family medical. The menu provides baseline coverage across key leave categories, with accrual improving over tenure.
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What We Do
At Mercury, we have been guided by our purpose to help people reduce risk and overcome unexpected events for more than 60 years. We are one team with a common goal to help other others. Everyone needs insurance and we can’t imagine a world without it. Our team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. We are an award-winning company, and we owe that to our amazing team! We care about our people, and we mean it. We reward our talented professionals with a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals. Mercury was founded in 1961 by George Joseph, Mercury’s Founder and Chairman. Back in the 50s, everyone paid the same rate, regardless of their driving record. Joseph decided he could create a new system by developing an insurance company that used different factors to create fair and equitable rates for a variety of drivers. “We called our company Mercury, because I wanted us to be fast and nimble, just like the Roman God of business and merchants,” says Joseph. “He was also responsible for delivering good news to people on Earth, which is exactly what we do for Mercury customers every day.” We, Mercury Insurance (NYSE-MCY), are a leading independent broker and agency writer of automobile insurance in California and one of the fastest growing automobile insurers in the nation. We were ranked as the fourth largest private passenger automobile insurer in California, with over $4.5 billion in total assets, 4,500 team members, and 8,000 independent agents. We started by providing comprehensive coverage options for auto and expanded our offerings into home, condo, renters, and business insurance, as well as mechanical protection. We operate through a network of local, independent agents in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia.
