Senior Data Scientist, Plaid

Data Foundations & AI

$174-260.4k

SQL

Python

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

1-5 days a week in office

Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life

Posted today

Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBankingInternal toolsSaaSAPI

Posted today

$174-260.4k

SQL

Python

Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

1-5 days a week in office

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBankingInternal toolsSaaSAPI

Company mission

To unlock financial freedom for everyone.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5+ years of experience in data science or analytics roles
Experience defining evaluation and metrics frameworks
Strong SQL and Python skills
Experience investigating ambiguous problems end-to-end
Ability to operate independently and influence stakeholders
Clear communication of trade-offs and insights
Experience evaluating AI or ML systems is a plus
Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment, working with both technical and non-technical partners to drive measurable outcomes

What the job involves

You’ll be a Senior Data Scientist on the Data Foundation & AI team at Plaid.
In this role, you will define and operationalize quality measurement across our enrichment and AI systems, ensuring our products deliver reliable, high-impact outcomes for customers.
You’ll own and evolve evaluation frameworks, investigate customer-facing quality issues, and build automation to accelerate iteration and improvement cycles. Partnering closely with product and engineering, you’ll use data-driven insights to inform roadmap decisions and raise the bar for quality across our AI-powered experiences
Defining quality metrics that shape product direction
Turning ambiguous customer complaints into structured investigations
Building evaluation systems that scale
Measuring AI system effectiveness in a principled way
Automating workflows using modern AI tools
Influencing roadmap decisions through data

Our take

Plaid builds infrastructure that allows consumers 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 over 12,000 financial institutions in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. And 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.

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

Vibrant offices in SF, NYC, and Raleigh-Durham—with catered meals, happy hours, and clubs to keep you connected
Competitive pay, comprehensive health benefits, and support for fertility, mental health, and parental leave
Lifestyle perks including home office stipends, daycare support, and commuting benefits like CitiBike and Lyft

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Zach Perret

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously, Zach was a Consultant at Bain and a Research Fellow and Trustee at Duke before co-founding Plaid ion 2012.

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