Senior Software Engineer

Why Work at Mercer Advisors?

For nearly 40 years, Mercer Advisors has worked with families to help them amplify and simplify their financial lives. How? By integrating financial planning, investment management, tax, estate, insurance, and more, all managed by a single team. Today we proudly serve over 31,300 families in more than 90 cities across the U.S. Ranked the #1 RIA Firm in the nation by Barron’s, we are an independent, national fiduciary legally obligated to always act in the best interest of our clients.*

Mercer Advisors offers a distinct work environment that stands out in the financial industry. Our overall employee base and client-facing team are composed of 50% women, reflecting our commitment to diversity. We attract top talent from across the country, with no formal headquarters and flexible working arrangements, allowing us to assemble the best team possible.

Join us and be a part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the financial lives of families across the country.

• Mercer Advisors was ranked #1 for RIA firms with up to $70 billion in assets. The Barron’s top RIA ranking is based on a combination of metrics – including size, growth, service quality, technology, succession planning and others. No fee was paid for participation in the ranking, however, Mercer Advisors has paid a fee to Barron’s to use the ranking in marketing. Please see important information about the ranking criteria methodology here.

Job Summary:

As a Senior Software Engineer at Mercer Advisors, you will play a critical role on an agile, fast-paced, cross-functional team to deliver on aggressive growth goals for the business. You will not only be responsible for the development of tools, widgets, assets, and experiences on MercerAdvisors.com, but you will also own the scalability, longevity, “health”, and performance of the firm’s #1 digital lead generating asset. If you excel in the timely delivery of projects, thrive in a constant problem-solving environment, and can guide a team thru technical implementation strategy conversations, this is the position for you.

You should be able to prioritize well, communicate clearly, and demonstrate a consistent track record of delivery, as well as exemplify excellent software engineering skills. You bring creative engineering balanced with high quality and a customer focus. You have a strong analytic capability and the ability to create innovative solutions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Experience functioning as an engineer in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.
• Adept at developing front-end portals, and back-end console development.
• Proficiency in gathering requirements from the business, creating a backlog, and prioritizing new features.
• Responsible for configuring, coding, testing, debugging, and creating technical documentation.
• Technical knowledge and responsibility of all phases of applications systems analysis and programming.
• Experience navigating Third Party Vendor relationships.
• Ability to understand the business or function for which the application is designed and intuit how changes in the product will drive business growth.
• Comfort with collaboration, including instructing, directing, and checking the work of other technical team members.
• Experience with programming languages and databases.
• Experience building scoped applications.

Required Technical Skills:

• 5+ years of experience with releasing corporate websites using the following technical stack

• Programming Languages

• HTML

• CSS (Expert level)

• PHP (Advanced Level)

• JavaScript (Advanced level)

• Platforms

• WordPress (Guttenberg Editor)

• WPEngine

• Elementor (plugin)

• Adobe Experience Manager (specifically Adobe Target and Adobe Analytics)

• Salesforce (APIs) is a plus

• Skills

• Technical SEO

• Agile development methodologies

• Understanding of software architecture principles

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of at least one web development programming language like Wordpress, Typescript, or JavaScript
• Familiarity with OOP design principles
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Superior analytical skills with a good problem-solving attitude
• Ability to perform in a team environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to interpret and follow technical plans
• Authorization to work in the United States (required by the federal government for this position).

Working Conditions:

Professional office environment, daytime hours, working inside, standing, and sitting, will be assigned to a workstation.

Benefits:

Mercer Advisors offers a competitive and robust benefit package to our employees. Our benefit programs are focused on meeting all of our employees and their eligible dependents health and welfare needs. We offer the following:

• Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Life & AD&D; Short-Term Disability; Accident; Critical Illness; and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Three medical plans offerings including two High Deductible Health Plans and a Traditional Co-Pay medical plan.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions on a per pay period basis if enrolled in either HDHP medical plan.
• Two comprehensive Dental Plans
• Vision Insurance Plan
• Dependent Care Savings Account for child and dependent care.
• 14 Company Paid Holidays with a full week off at Thanksgiving.
• Generous paid time off program for vacation and sick days
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Family Medical Leave
• Paid Parental Leave (6 weeks)
• Maternity benefits utilizing company paid STD, any supplemental STD, plus Parental Leave (6 weeks) to provide time for recovery, baby bonding, and enjoying your family time.
• Adoption Assistance Reimbursement Program
• Company Paid Concierge Services for you and your loved ones for the spectrum of caring needs for your aging parents, young children, life’s challenges and more.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with both Traditional and Roth plans with per pay period match
• Pet Insurance

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Mercer Advisors provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to age, color, disability, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical or mental disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other characteristic protected by law in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Mercer Advisors provides equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment and employee relations, including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, demotion, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.