Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Responsibilities

• Build across the stack. Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs, as well as intuitive, high-quality frontend applications that bring those systems to life.
• Collaborate cross-functionally. Partner closely with product managers and designers to define requirements and deliver features that solve real customer problems.
• Maintain high code quality. Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and participate in code reviews and technical design discussions.
• Test and debug. Build automated tests, monitor system performance, and troubleshoot issues in production environments.
• Contribute to system design. Engage in hands-on coding and architectural decisions to ensure reliability, security, and scalability.
• Grow the team. Support a strong engineering culture through mentorship, thoughtful reviews, and shared ownership of technical standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production systems or features
• Experience building backend services using relational databases such as MySQL, and working with microservices or service-oriented architectures
• Strong working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frontend frameworks or libraries, with comfort building user-facing experiences
• Solid system design, coding, and testing skills across both frontend and backend
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with product, design, and other engineering partners
• Experience mentoring or supporting the growth of other engineers through reviews, guidance, or leadership
• Comfortable working across product, operations, and data teams to deliver end-to-end solutions

Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!

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Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered. Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Pay is based on factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience and skillset, and location. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.