Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About the role

We build simple yet innovative consumer products and developer APIs that shape how everybody interacts with money and the financial system. We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. As a Software Engineer at Plaid, you will design and build the systems that power how millions of people connect to their finances. You will work across the stack, from reliable backend services and APIs to intuitive applications that bring those systems to life. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to ship products that make financial services more accessible and transparent. At Plaid, engineers take ownership early, grow quickly, and see their work reach millions of users.

Responsibilities

• Design & Development: Build and maintain backend services with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and efficient code.
• Testing & Debugging: Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Engage in hands-on coding and architectural design, setting and maintaining high technical standards for a high performing team.
• Grow the team via mentorship and leadership, reviewing technical documents and code changes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with extensive experience in software engineering with a proven track record of shipping successful projects.
• Experience with MySQL or other relational databases.
• Experience working with microservices.
• Excellent coding, testing, and system design skills.
• Prior experience with cross functional collaboration, communication and project management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.
• Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
• Additional compensation in the form of equity and/or commission, dependent on the position offered.

Pay

$190,800.00 - $262,800.00 per year