Staff Software Engineer

Mercury Insurance is a company recognized for its achievements and culture, recently awarded as one of America's Best Midsize Employers for 2025. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for multiple agile teams, designing and maintaining complex software systems while mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related fields Or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 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
• 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
• Master's Degree in Computer Science
• 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