Senior Software Engineer - AI Tooling
Plaid is a financial data network and fintech infrastructure company that helps people securely connect financial accounts to digital financial services.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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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
Design, build, and operate internal AI-powered tools and platform capabilities that help non-engineering teams automate workflows. Translate ambiguous operational needs into durable software, define safe infrastructure constraints, partner with security and infrastructure teams, and own systems from implementation through rollout and improvement.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience building and operating production systems
- Experience building internal tools, platforms, or workflow software
- Strong product judgment and communication in ambiguous spaces
- Hands-on experience using AI-powered development tools, agents, or automation
- Experience with developer tooling, internal platforms, or infrastructure-adjacent systems
- Experience with authentication, service accounts, constrained runtimes, or internal security boundaries
- Experience building products for non-engineering users
- Exposure to agentic workflows, automation, or AI-enabled internal applications
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate internal tools and platform capabilities for non-engineering workflows
- Translate ambiguous internal pain points into durable software products
- Define authentication, runtime, storage, deployment, and maintenance constraints
- Balance flexibility with clear boundaries between internal tool surfaces
- Partner with Security, Infrastructure, and internal stakeholders to ship reliable production systems
- Own implementation, rollout, support, and iterative improvement
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
