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 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
You build and maintain scalable, reliable backend systems and APIs that power financial products. You collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers, write efficient tested code, participate in reviews, monitor performance, troubleshoot production issues, and contribute to technical improvements and best practices.
Requirements
- 1-4 years of software engineering experience post-internship
- Ability to ship reliable systems or features at scale
- Problem-solving skills
- Ownership
- Collaboration skills
- Ability to learn quickly
Responsibilities
- Build scalable backend systems and APIs
- Maintain reliable systems
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers
- Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code
- Participate in code reviews
- Build automated tests
- Monitor system performance
- Troubleshoot production issues
- Contribute to technical design discussions
- Share best practices
Benefits
- Equity