Experienced Software Engineer, Plaid
Developer Efficiency
$182.5-297k
Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech
Job no longer available
Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$182.5-297k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Plaid's mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering with a proven track record of shipping successful projects
- Experience with k8s and Continuous Deployment models
- Past experience in a technical lead position within a Platform organization
- Ability to advocate for a technical direction, with strong decision making skills
- Coding, testing and system design skills
- Customer-focus (for our internal engineers)
What the job involves
- The Developer Efficiency team is responsible for the systems that drive reliable software delivery across the build, test, and deployment phases of the software development life cycle
- You will be the tech lead for the work-stream responsible for Continuous Deployments (CD), which is used by Plaid’s application engineering teams to deploy new changes to production every day
- Discover, prioritize, and execute projects to improve the reliability of Plaid’s product offerings by extending the coverage of testing and canarying mechanisms we currently have in CD
- Up-level the technical rigor of other engineers on the team, and conduct thoughtful code reviews
- Own SLO definition, goal-setting, and OKR planning
- Improve the capabilities of our internal developer platform
- Lead with operational maturity, and an SRE-like focus on reliability and automation
- Dive into any part of the entire Plaid codebase to inform technical decision making across teams, and with engineering leadership
- Working on projects at the intersection of Reliability, Engineering Velocity, Security, and AWS Cost Efficiency
- Collaborating extensively with senior engineering leadership, and across teams
- Operating with autonomy while managing ambiguity
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
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2021
$425m
SERIES D
Dec 2018
$250m
SERIES C
Total funding: $734.3m
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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