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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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build and maintain scalable backend or full stack systems and APIs. You will work with product managers designers and engineers to deliver useful features, write efficient tested code, participate in code reviews, create automated tests, monitor performance, troubleshoot production issues and contribute to technical design discussions.
Requirements
- 1 to 4 years of software engineering experience after an internship
- Ability to ship reliable systems or features at scale
- Strong problem solving skills
- Ability to take ownership and develop practical maintainable solutions
- Ability to collaborate in a fast paced environment
- Willingness to seek feedback learn quickly and improve technical skills
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable reliable backend or full stack systems and APIs
- Collaborate with product managers designers and engineers to deliver features
- Write clean efficient and well tested code
- Build automated tests monitor performance and troubleshoot production issues
- Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
- Share best practices and improve engineering processes
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
