Head of Data Engineering & Platform

Mercury · San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States · Remote-friendly

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Company
Mercury
Location
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States
Salary
$289,700 — $362,100
Posted
August 11, 2026

About this job

In the early 1970s, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie built Unix around a deceptively simple idea: create small, composable tools that work well together. That philosophy went on to shape modern operating systems, developer tooling, cloud infrastructure, and much of the software we rely on today—not because any individual tool was revolutionary, but because the platform made everyone else more productive. We're looking for a Head of Data Engineering & Platform who can build the data platform that gives Mercury that same leverage—creating a foundation where trusted data is easy for both people and AI systems to discover, understand, and work with. In this role, you'll lead and grow a high-performing team of data engineers responsible for Mercury's core data infrastructure.…

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