4 months ago
Base Salary
$208k - $274k/yr
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the long-term technical roadmap for data-driven and machine learning iteration.
- Lead data infrastructure projects involving ML development pathways, offline streaming, ETL pipeline infrastructure, data warehouses, and data lakehouses.
- Define technical roadmaps for backend systems and abstractions with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Debug and troubleshoot the Data Platform while reducing operational burden.
- Mentor and guide engineers and review technical documents and code changes.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience.
- Extensive hands-on software engineering experience delivering successful Data Infrastructure or Platform projects at similar or larger companies.
- Deep understanding of data infrastructure systems such as data warehouses, data lakehouses, Apache Spark, streaming infrastructure, or workflow orchestration.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration, communication, and project management skills.
- Proficiency in coding, testing, and system design for reliable and scalable solutions.
- Demonstrated leadership experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers.
- Experience with Databricks, Airflow, AWS EMR, and Python is preferred.
Benefits
- Plaid provides medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
- The role includes additional compensation in the form of equity and/or commission, dependent on the position offered.
- Plaid is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
- The position is based at Plaid, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam; the posting does not specify a remote or hybrid arrangement.
About Plaid
Plaid builds APIs and SDKs that let developers and financial institutions connect consumer bank and investment accounts, verify ownership, retrieve transactions, assess income/liabilities, fight fraud, and move money (e.g., ACH/transfer). It sells usage-based access to products like Link, Auth, Transactions, Identity, Income, Liabilities, and Payments. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, Plaid’s network spans 12,000+ financial institutions across the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe, with customers including Venmo, SoFi, and Betterment.