Senior Software Engineer, Plaid
ML Infrastructure
$180-270k
2 days a week in office
Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life
Open for applications
Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$180-270k
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock financial freedom for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, with strong focus on ML/AI infrastructure or large-scale distributed systems
- Hands-on expertise in building and operating ML platforms (e.g., feature stores, data pipelines, training/inference frameworks)
- Proven experience delivering reliable and scalable infrastructure in production
- Solid understanding of ML Ops concepts and tooling, as well as best practices for observability, security, and reliability
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- [Nice to have] Experience with ML Ops tools such as MLFlow, SageMaker, or model registries
- [Nice to have] Exposure to modern AI infrastructure environments (LLMs, real-time inference, agentic models)
- [Nice to have] Background in scaling ML infrastructure in fast-paced product environments
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Machine Learning Infrastructure team, you will design, build, and operate the systems that power machine learning across Plaid
- You will apply your deep technical expertise to create scalable, reliable, and secure ML platforms, and collaborate closely with ML product teams to accelerate the delivery of ML & AI-powered products
- This is a highly technical, hands-on role where you’ll contribute to core infrastructure, influence architectural direction, and mentor peers while helping to define the “golden path” for ML development and deployment at Plaid
- Design and implement large-scale ML infrastructure, including feature stores, pipelines, deployment tooling, and inference systems
- Drive the rollout of Plaid’s next-generation feature store to improve reliability and velocity of model development
- Help define and evangelize an ML Ops “golden path” for secure, scalable model training, deployment, and monitoring
- Ensure operational excellence of ML pipelines and services, including reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency
- Collaborate with ML product teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that accelerate experimentation and iteration
- Contribute to technical strategy and architecture discussions within the team
- Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance
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.
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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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