Senior Software Engineer

About the role

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 two core products: Merge for Product, and Merge for Workforce. Merge for Product enables teams to ship AI features and integrations at massive scale. Merge for Workforce helps engineering teams govern AI access at the company level. Merge's 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.

Who are we looking for?

We are hiring backend and full stack engineers our Engineering teams here in New York. These teams tackle a variety of technical challenges across the tech stack, from product engineering to runtime orchestration, with a heavy focus on our newest products like Merge Gateway. We are hiring for mid - to staff - level positions, with candidate evaluation based on a combination of relevant experience and performance in the interview process.

What you will do:

- Participate in roadmapping and architecture discussions

- Produce high-quality, production-ready, readable, maintainable code

- Lead large projects from initial inception to production

- Unblock and support your team of peers including engineers, designers, product managers, and business operators

- Interact with customers to solve customer problems

- Build a best in class developer experience for Merge’s dashboard, docs, APIs and SDKs

The ideal candidate will have:

- 5-7+ years of full-time software engineering experience (looking for senior+ level of experience)

- Experience with frameworks (Django, Rails, Spring, React, Vue.js, Angular, etc.)

- Extensive knowledge of SQL databases (Postgres preferred)

- An ability to perform in a fast paced environment and deal with ambiguity

- Startup or SaaS experience preferred

- Experience with design systems, modern styling, and frontend testing practices a plus

Compensation

- The cash compensation range for this role is $190,000 - $235,000

- 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:

Linkedin's Top Startups 2025  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2025-50-us-companies-rise-linkedin-news-hox6f/?trackingId=%2ByDh3eBLTpaVCSpKvOV1Yw%3D%3D%22

Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups 2023 https://znsrc.com/c/pqwaikbfql

G2 Fastest Growing Products 2024 https://www.g2.com/best-software-companies/fastest-growing#list