Recruiting Leader, Plaid
Engineering, Product and Design
$170.4-289.2k
1-5 days a week in office
Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life
Job no longer available
Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$170.4-289.2k
1-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock financial freedom for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 5+ years leading managers or senior recruiters in high-growth environments
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data to drive decisions
- Proven success building trust and credibility with challenging or senior stakeholders
- Experience operationalizing engineering or technical recruiting at scale, with strong knowledge of best practices in hiring
- Ability to critically evaluate recruiting processes, propose improvements, and lead change management
- Track record of developing and motivating high-performing teams, with a leadership style rooted in collaboration, ownership, and curiosity
- Excellent communication and influencing skills across all levels of the business
- A growth mindset, resourcefulness, and drive to continually raise the bar for recruiting at Plaid
What the job involves
- At Plaid, our recruiting team is more than just a hiring function—we’re builders of the championship team that powers our mission to unlock financial freedom for everyone. We partner closely with the business, run thoughtful full-cycle searches with urgency, source creatively, champion every candidate’s experience, and continuously improve how we work
- We’re looking for an experienced recruiting leader to oversee our Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) recruiting team. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, operations, and leadership
- You’ll partner with senior stakeholders, scale hiring operations with rigor and creativity, and inspire a team that recruits across Plaid’s most critical functions
- The right leader builds trust with stakeholders, operationalizes hiring at scale, critically evaluates and improves processes, and motivates their team to do their best work. If you index high on ownership, curiosity, and impact - you’ll thrive here
- Lead and inspire a team of recruiting managers and recruiters focused on Engineering, Product, and Design hiring
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across EPD, influencing and aligning on hiring priorities, strategies, and outcomes
- Operationalize recruiting at scale, ensuring hiring processes are efficient, data-driven, and consistent while maintaining a great candidate experience
- Evaluate and improve processes by identifying gaps, proposing creative solutions, and implementing best practices for long-term success
- Foster a culture of ownership and curiosity, encouraging your team to challenge assumptions, learn continuously, and raise the bar on talent acquisition
- Drive accountability and results, balancing urgency with quality, and ensuring hiring goals are met in partnership with business leaders
- Coach and develop team, providing guidance, mentorship, and opportunities for growth
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
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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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