Staff Software Engineer

Merge API
New York, NY, United States
11 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
$210,000.0 - $250,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence User Authentication Software as a Service Databases Django Web Framework PostgreSQL Software Engineering SQL Databases Data Processing

Requirements

  • 7 - 10+ years of full-time software engineering experience
  • Experience with frameworks (Django, Rails, Spring, etc.)
  • Extensive knowledge of SQL databases (Postgres preferred)

Example projects you might work on:

  • Scaling Core Systems: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in our data syncing engine, lead large-scale migrations to more efficient technologies and storage solutions, and drive initiatives to increase system throughput
  • Product Innovation: Design flexible syncing paradigms that support advanced customization across model normalization, scheduling, data filtering, and API rate limit handling
  • New Revenue Streams: Partner with Product to ideate, prototype, and validate entirely new product lines or feature categories that unlock growth opportunities, Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Authentication, Business-to-Business (B2B), Customer Churn, Customer Relations, Fortune 500 Customers, PostgreSQL, Product Design, Product Development, Prototyping, SQL Databases, Sales, Security Monitoring, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), Team Building, Traffic Shaping

Benefits & conditions

Please note this is an in office role, 5 days per week!

What you will do:

  • Drive roadmapping and architecture discussions
  • Produce high-quality, production-ready, readable, maintainable code
  • Lead Merges most impactful projects from initial inception to production
  • Unblock and support your team of peers including engineers, designers, product managers, and business operators, * The cash compensation range for this role is $210,000 - $250,000
  • Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, and certifications. In addition to cash compensation, all full time employees receive an equity compensation package

Merge on the Rise:

Linkedins Top Startups 2025

Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups 2023

G2 Fastest Growing Products 2024

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays
  • Pre-Tax commuter benefits
  • 100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance
  • 401K Plan
  • $200 one-time home office stipend
  • In office snacks and free dinner when working past 7pm
  • Annual company offsites and quarterly team events. Past locations have included: Nashville, Sonoma, and the Hudson Valley

About the company

Merge is the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. Our platform offers three core products: Merge Unified, which enables businesses to add hundreds of integrations to their products with a single API, Merge Agent Handler, which empowers AI agents with secure access to thousands of third-party tools, and Merge Gateway, the control plane for running AI in production. Merges enterprise-grade platform handles the entire integration lifecycle, from authentication and security to monitoring and maintenance. Thousands of companies trust Merge to accelerate product development, unblock sales, reduce customer churn, and save engineering resources-allowing them to focus on their core product.

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