Engineering Manager Network Health

Plaid is a financial data network and fintech infrastructure company that helps people securely connect financial accounts to digital financial services.

Series D7 current maintainers5 active leadsTeam intelligence

Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026

San Francisco, United States

Funding history

About Plaid Inc.

Plaid provides developer infrastructure and financial tools for account connectivity, financial data access, bank payments, identity verification, AML monitoring, credit and underwriting, and fraud prevention. Its network supports thousands of fintech companies and more than 12,000 financial institutions across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

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About the Role

You will lead a technical risk-engineering team, set its long-term strategy and roadmap, and translate fraud scenarios and business needs into technical priorities. You will coach engineers and embedded data scientists, maintain a high bar for technical quality and delivery, and use data and the technology stack to guide decisions.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of industry experience, including Staff-level engineering experience before management
  • 2+ years of engineering management experience
  • Experience setting strategy and executing roadmaps in ambiguous environments
  • Technical judgment in backend and data-intensive systems
  • Experience with architecture, system design, coding, and data analysis
  • Experience in risk engineering, fraud detection, abuse prevention, trust and safety, or a related domain
  • Experience building and growing high-performing engineering teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of engineers and embedded data scientists through goal setting, coaching, and feedback
  • Drive the long-term Network Health strategy and roadmap with technical and product leaders
  • Maintain high technical quality and delivery velocity
  • Analyze data, metrics, trends, and the technology stack to guide technical decisions

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)