After Mercury
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Mercury most often go to a long tail of companies. The median tenure is 2y
Not Mercury's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 33 people on a map of 67,181, No. 763 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 33Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 2679% of the people here
- Moved on
- 721% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2ymiddle half 1y 4m to 3y 6m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Mercury yet.
How long people stay
23%<1y
26%1-2y
32%2-4y
19%4-7y
0%7y+
31 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
<3020
<3021
6<322
3023
11424
6<325
4026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2020 to 2026: 34 joined, 8 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (20).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer12
- Software Engineer12
- Engineering Manager3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
- Stanford12.5%
- UC Berkeley9.4%
The 2 most listed schools among the 32 people here with a school on file.
4 of the 32 people here with a school on file list Stanford and 3 list UC Berkeley. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
45%have a public GitHub account on their profile
15 of the 33 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
33% of the people who have worked at Mercury and list a location live in New York today, against 18% of everyone on the map.
Mercury
Everyone on the map
- 33%New York11 · map 18%
- 30%SF Bay Area10 · map 41%
- 36%Somewhere else12
All 33 people who worked at Mercury list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at Mercury: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Mercury, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 33 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Mercury: 26 are there now, 7 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Mercury: 2y, middle half 1y 4m to 3y 6m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Mercury, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Senior Software Engineer, then Software Engineer.
- Top school: Stanford, listed by 4 of the 32 people here with one on file (12.5%). Then UC Berkeley (3).
- 33% of the 33 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 18% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 45% of the 33 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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