Fullstack Software Engineer, Plaid

$143.6-197.6k

CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Python
Java
Go
Node.js
MySQL
Junior and Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

2+ days a week in office

Plaid

Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech

Open for applications

Plaid

Infrastructure and APIs for FinTech

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBankingInternal toolsSaaSAPI

Open for applications

$143.6-197.6k

CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Python
Java
Go
Node.js
MySQL
Junior and Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

2+ days a week in office

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBankingInternal toolsSaaSAPI

Company mission

Plaid's mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone.

Role

Who you are

  • 2-4 years of experience in full-stack development
  • Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and modern frameworks and libraries
  • Working knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js
  • Experience MySQL or other relational databases
  • Experience working with microservices
  • Experience with API design
  • Excellent coding and testing skills
  • High ownership. You are excited to roll up your sleeves and figure things out that don’t have precedent at Plaid
  • Customer empathy. You want to be face to face with customers to understand their needs and design Investments products together

What the job involves

  • Design & Development: Design, develop and maintain both frontend and backend components
  • Majority Backend Focus (60-70%): Develop APIs and services, focusing on scalability, security and performance
  • Frontend Focus (30-40%): Build delightful experiences using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries
  • Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, product designers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs
  • Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and efficient code
  • Testing & Debugging: Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues

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Insights

Top investors

40% female employees

-15% employee growth in 12 months

Company

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

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Apr 2021

$425m

SERIES D

Dec 2018

$250m

SERIES C

Total funding: $734.3m

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.

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