Software Engineer Backend
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 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