Senior Software Engineer - AI Tooling
Plaid is a financial technology company providing APIs and network connectivity for businesses to build financial products. Its platform supports bank-account linking, financial data access, identity verification, fraud and risk tools, credit underwriting, and bank payments.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
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About Plaid
Plaid operates a financial data network and API platform that lets businesses connect to financial institutions and build financial experiences. Its products support account and identity verification, real-time balance and transaction data, investment and liability data, income and underwriting workflows, fraud and AML risk checks, and multi-rail bank payments. It serves developers, businesses, financial institutions, platforms, lenders, banks, and consumer-facing financial-product providers.
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About the Role
You will design, build, and operate internal AI-powered tools and platform capabilities that help non-engineering teams automate workflows. You will 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)