Senior Software Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 18, 2025. Merge scores A on the Alion truth index.
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 three core products: Merge Unified, which enables businesses to add hundreds of integrations to their products with a single API, Merge Agent Handler, which empowers AI agents with secure access to thousands of third-party tools, and Merge Gateway, the control plane for running AI in production. 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 onto our two San Francisco based engineering teams. Our Foundations team is responsible for building Merge's infrastructure to help achieve new degrees of scale, performance, and reliability. Our Automation team is harnessing Applied AI and large language models (LLMs) to build net-new, externally facing products and to drive internal efficiency through automation, intelligent tooling, and AI-native user experiences. 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
The ideal candidate will have:
5-7+ years of full-time software engineering experience (looking for senior+ experience)
An ability to perform in a fast paced environment dealing with ambiguous technical challenges
Startup or SaaS experience preferred
Experience with Python and Go
Extensive knowledge of SQL databases (Postgres preferred)
Full stack candidates should additionally have experience working with React and Typescript
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:
Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups 2023
G2 Fastest Growing Products 2024
Benefits
Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays
Pre-Tax commuter benefits
100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance
401K Plan
$200 one-time home office stipend
In office snacks and free dinner when working past 7pm
Annual company offsites and quarterly team events. Past locations have included: Nashville, Sonoma, and the Hudson Valley