Plaid

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Plaid
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6 months ago

Base Salary

$191k - $263k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain performant, reliable, and scalable backend services.
  • Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define and implement new features.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
  • Develop automated tests, troubleshoot issues, and improve codebase reliability.
  • Perform hands-on coding and architectural design while maintaining high technical standards.
  • Mentor junior engineers, review technical documents and code changes, and help grow the team.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience with a proven record of shipping successful projects.
  • Experience with MySQL or other relational databases.
  • Experience working with microservices.
  • Excellent coding, testing, and system design skills.
  • Cross-functional collaboration, communication, and project management skills.
  • Demonstrated leadership ability and experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers.
  • Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefit plan.
  • Additional compensation may include equity and/or commission, depending on the position offered.

Tech Stack

MySQL

Categories

Plaid

About Plaid

5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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