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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Mercury

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ML EngineeringFintechSenior (6-10 yrs)RemoteFintech Startup

Ideal for senior ML engineers wanting to build Gen AI systems at a fast-growing fintech, with remote flexibility and strong comp.

AI → Finance

Location

San Francisco, CA / New York, NY / Remote (US/Canada)

Salary Range

$200,700 – $250,900

Posted

Mar 26, 2026

Insider Signals

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Growing AI Team

undefined is building out its AI team (500-1000). Early joiners can have outsized impact.

Company AI Context

AI Maturity

growing

AI Team Size

500-1000

Tech Stack

PythonHaskellReactTypeScriptSnowflakedbtGCP

Recent News

Mercury valued at $3.5B+ and growing rapidly in business banking space

Design and deploy ML/Gen AI microservices for automated financial compliance at Mercury — a leading fintech building the future of business banking.

## About the Role Mercury is building the future of business banking. As a Senior ML Engineer, you will design and deploy ML and Gen AI microservices focused on automating financial compliance reviews, partnering with data science and engineering teams to embed AI into the broader review experience with human oversight mechanisms. ## Responsibilities - Design and deploy ML/Gen AI microservices for automated compliance reviews - Partner with data science and engineering teams on AI-powered review systems - Build human-in-the-loop oversight mechanisms for ML predictions - Develop and maintain production ML services at scale - Work across the modern data stack (Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran) ## Requirements - 7+ years in ML engineering, data engineering, backend software engineering, or DevOps - Modern data stack proficiency (Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Airbyte, Dagster, Airflow) - SQL, dbt, Python expertise - Experience with OLAP/OLTP architectures, key-value stores, streaming pipelines, and API frameworks - Production ML service experience - Full-stack development capabilities

Skills & Technologies

PythonML/Gen AISnowflakedbtStreaming pipelinesFastAPIProduction MLCompliance automation

Best Backgrounds

  • ML engineering
  • data engineering
  • backend engineering
  • DevOps

Related Titles to Explore

  • ML Platform Engineer
  • AI Engineer
  • Data Engineer
  • Staff Software Engineer - ML

Career Bridge Playbook

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Career paths into this role

ML engineer
data engineer
backend engineer
platform engineer

Where this role leads

Staff ML Engineer
ML Lead - Fintech
Head of AI - Fintech
VP Engineering - ML

Transition Difficulty

medium

Key Skill Gaps to Close

  • financial compliance domain
  • regulatory requirements
  • AML/KYC processes

Skills used in this role

Technical

pythonml-engineeringgen-aisnowflakedbtstreaming-pipelinesfastapiproduction-ml

Domain

fintechcompliance-automationbusiness-bankingfinancial-crime-prevention

Soft Skills

cross-functional-collaborationsystems-thinking

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