Senior Software Engineer, Backend
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 8/29/2026
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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 and maintain backend services focused on performance, reliability, and scalability; collaborate on new features, write efficient code, develop automated tests, troubleshoot issues, contribute to architecture, and mentor engineers.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience with MySQL or relational databases
- Experience with microservices
- Coding skills
- Testing skills
- System design skills
- Cross-functional collaboration experience
- Communication skills
- Project management skills
- Leadership skills
- Mentoring experience
- Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain backend services
- Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders on features
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
- Develop automated tests
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues
- Perform hands-on coding and architectural design
- Review technical documents and code changes
- Mentor and guide junior engineers
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)