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Frontend Engineer - Design Systems

Mercury San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States Full-time Engineering Posted Oct 24, 2026
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What it’s like to work at Mercury

Startup Banking · San Francisco

4.3
Employee Rating
3.8
Work-Life Balance
77
Open Roles
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What employees love

  • Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
  • Great Place to Work certified — product-first mindset with meaningful scope for every engineer

What could be better

  • Still figuring out how to scale processes — expect some ambiguity and shifting priorities
  • Work-life balance rated 3.8/5 — periods of higher intensity during rapid growth phases
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About the Role

Mercury's Design Systems team helps product teams build interfaces that feel consistent, accessible, and carefully considered. We're hiring a Frontend Engineer to help evolve the shared components and patterns behind those experiences, making it easier for teams across Mercury to turn good ideas into well-crafted software.

You'll work closely with designers and engineers to understand product needs, explore solutions, and carry improvements into the hands of the teams using them. This role is open to early-career and intermediate engineers. You'll build depth in frontend engineering and design systems through meaningful project ownership, with guidance from experienced teammates suited to your experience.

Design systems will be your initial focus within the team's broader Design Foundations work. As opportunities and interests align, you can also contribute to code-based prototyping and tools that help designers and AI agents work with Mercury's components. Strong AI fluency is part of how we build from the start.

As part of this role, you will:

What you'll bring:

We're interested in what you've built and how you think. Your experience may come from professional work, internships, coursework, open source, or personal projects.

If this role interests you, we invite you to explore our public demo at demo.mercury.com.

*Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

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Total Rewards
The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.

Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

US employees (any location):
$140,800—$158,400 USD
Canadian employees (any location):
$115,700—$149,700 CAD

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at Mercury?
Mercury has a work-life balance score of 3.8/5 based on employee reviews. This is about average for the AI/tech industry.
What is Mercury’s culture like?
Mercury is characterized by these culture values: product-impact, eng-driven, ship-fast, learning, equity. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 4.3/5. Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
How many open roles does Mercury have?
Mercury currently has 77 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
Is this role remote-friendly?
This role is located in San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States. Check the job description above for specific location and remote work details.
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