Senior Backend Software Engineer, Plaid

$180-270k

Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered

MySQL

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

1-5 days a week in office

Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech

Open for applications

Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBankingInternal toolsSaaSAPI

Open for applications

$180-270k

Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered

MySQL

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

1-5 days a week in office

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBankingInternal toolsSaaSAPI

Company mission

Plaid's mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5+ years of experience with extensive experience in software engineering with a proven track record of shipping successful projects
Experience with MySQL or other relational databasesExperience working with microservices
Excellent coding, testing, and system design skills
Prior experience with cross functional collaboration, communication and project management skills
Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers
Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science

What the job involves

Design & Development: Build and maintain backend services with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability
Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs
Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and efficient code
Testing & Debugging: Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues
Engage in hands-on coding and architectural design, setting and maintaining high technical standards for a high performing team
Grow the team via mentorship and leadership, reviewing technical documents and code changes

Our take

Plaid builds infrastructure that allows a consumer to interact with their bank account on the web through a number of third-party applications, like Venmo, Robinhood, Coinbase, Acorns and LendingClub.

Plaid has integrated with 12,000 financial institutions in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. About a quarter of people living in North America with bank accounts have linked with Plaid through at least one of the hundreds of apps that leverage Plaid’s application program interfaces (APIs). The platform allows companies to create financial services applications without having to hire their own team of engineers to build out a tool that connects apps to its users’ bank accounts.

This is very valuable in a world where there are increasing number of fintechs, so the demand for Plaid's services are only going to grow. Despite its strong position, it has not been immune to the difficult global economic situtation and was forced to restructure at the end of 2022, laying off some of its workforce. However it is still experiencing growth and is well-positioned to weather the current economic uncertainty.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

40% female employees

-15% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Apr 2025

$575m

LATE VC

Apr 2021

$425m

SERIES D

Total funding: $1.3bn

Company benefits

Monthly wellness stipend (gym on us)
We offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner to keep you well-fed and healthy (when working from the office)
From medical, life, dental and pension schemes, we’re here to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing
We want everyone to feel ownership over their work - literally, which is why we offer equity to full-time Plaids
Every Plaid is in control of their career development with our learning stipends, tools, and trainings
We give Plaids the freedom and flexibility to choose where they work - whether that is in a Plaid office, at home in any supported location, or a mix of both!
Two weeks of synchronous, company-wide vacation
We want to make sure you have time to meet your personal needs with unlimited PTO

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Zach Perret

(CEO)

He was a Consultant at Bain and previously a Research Fellow and Trustee at Duke before co-founding Plaid

William Hockey

(Board Director)

He was previously an associate at Bain and has since moved on from Plaid to become Co-CEO at Column

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