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# Backend Engineer - Product

- **Company:** Mercury
- **Location:** Mercury, NV, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $167,000.0 - $208,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Quality, Backend, Glasgow Haskell Compiler
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1767640/

## About the Role

* Has 3-7 years of backend development experience.
 * Knowledge of or excitement to learn Haskell, and proficiency in SQL.
 * Empathizes with users and can channel their perspective to build lovable products.
 * Has made architectural decisions in the past and measured the impact of those decisions over time. You should be able to clearly articulate your technical opinions and lay out tradeoffs.
 * Actively incorporates AI tools into their workflow and is excited about leveraging them to amplify their impact - whether that's accelerating development, improving code quality, or finding creative solutions to hard problems.
 * Communicates and collaborates effectively with peers and cross-functional counterparts.



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