Staff Software Engineer - AI & Intelligent 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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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build and operate internal tools and services used by engineers, integrate AI-powered workflows into engineering processes, improve platform reliability and performance, own systems through production support, collaborate with stakeholders, set technical direction, and mentor engineers.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Developer tooling, internal platforms, or infrastructure experience
- AI systems, automation, or agentic workflow experience
- Hands-on experience using AI-powered developer tools
- Problem-solving skills
- Collaboration skills
- Technical direction and influence
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate internal tools and services
- Integrate AI-powered tools and workflows into engineering processes
- Improve the reliability, usability, and performance of internal platforms
- Own systems end-to-end, including production support and iterative improvement
- Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to deliver solutions
- Set technical direction for major areas of Intelligent Tooling
- Mentor other engineers
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)