Senior Software Engineer, Backend
plaid financialBrooklyn (NY)
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Posted today
plaid financialBrooklyn (NY)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Overview:
As a Software Engineer at Plaid, you design and build backend systems powering millions of users connecting to their finances. You work across the stack with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver scalable, reliable features that improve accessibility and transparency in financial services. You will own technical decisions, contribute to architecture, and mentor teammates to raise the team’s impact. This role offers the chance to shape how people interact with money and to ship meaningful products at scale. Compensation / Benefits equity hybrid work
Responsibilities:
Design and develop backend services with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to implement features meeting product and customer needs Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code Develop automated tests and troubleshoot issues to ensure code quality Engage in hands-on coding and architectural design to uphold high technical standards Grow the team through mentorship and technical leadership, reviewing documents and code changes
Key requirements:
5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping projects Experience with MySQL or other relational databases Experience working with microservices Strong coding, testing, and system design skills Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and manage projects Demonstrated leadership and ability to mentor junior engineers Ability to collaborate with operations, product, design, and data science cross-functional collaboration leadership mentorship system design backend development microservices
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