Recruiting Manager, Plaid
Specialized Tech
$129.5-289.2k
Salary dependent on location
Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life
Be an early applicant
Data network powering the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$129.5-289.2k
Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock financial freedom for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of technical recruiting leadership experience
- 6+ years of total recruiting experience
- Proven success partnering with senior leaders during periods of growth and leading process improvements
- 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
- A candidate-first philosophy with the ability to balance speed, quality, and experience
- Experience in Product Management disciplines (e.g., consumer, platform, growth, infrastructure, or API products), Security or Data Science roles at scale preferred
- We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
What the job involves
- We build the talent foundation that powers Plaid’s mission to unlock financial freedom for everyone
- The EPD Recruiting team partners closely with leaders across all technical functions to attract and hire world-class talent for some of Plaid’s most critical and high-impact teams
- The Specialized Tech recruiting team supports our highest-priority and most complex hiring needs across Product, Design, Data Science, and Security
- We deliver results through strategic, data-informed, and principle-aligned recruiting practices that enable Plaid to scale thoughtfully while maintaining an exceptional candidate experience
- In this role, you will lead and scale a specialized technical recruiting team responsible for hiring top talent across Product, Design, Data Science, and Security
- You will act as a trusted partner to senior leaders, shaping hiring strategy, driving operational excellence, and ensuring recruiting efforts are aligned with Plaid’s long-term product and growth priorities
- You’ll coach and develop senior recruiters, influence executives through data and insights, and continuously improve recruiting processes to deliver high-quality hiring outcomes at scale
- Lead and inspire a team of recruiters focused on Product, Design, Data Science, and Security hiring, setting clear expectations and fostering high performance
- Partner closely with senior leaders and executives across EPD to align on hiring priorities, headcount planning, and long-term talent strategy
- Own and operationalize recruiting processes at scale, ensuring they are efficient, consistent, data-driven, and candidate-first
- Identify gaps and bottlenecks in the hiring process, propose creative solutions, and implement best practices that improve quality, speed, and experience
- Drive strong hiring outcomes by balancing business urgency with thoughtful, inclusive, and high-bar recruiting standards
- Build and maintain trusted relationships across the organization, serving as a strategic advisor on hiring, market trends, and talent strategy
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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