Plaid

Software Engineer, Backend

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2 months ago
Seattle, WA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
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Base Salary

$176k - $227k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain scalable, reliable backend or full-stack systems and APIs.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to define and deliver customer-focused features.
  • Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
  • Build automated tests, monitor system performance, and troubleshoot production issues.
  • Contribute to technical design discussions, share best practices, and improve engineering practices.

Requirements

  • 1–4 years of post-internship software engineering experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to ship reliable systems or features at scale.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to develop practical, maintainable solutions.
  • High ownership, collaboration, adaptability, and commitment to continuous learning.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Plaid is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
  • The posting describes offices in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam, but does not state a specific work arrangement.

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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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