Software Engineer - Platform
Software Engineer - Platform
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23-08-2025
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$ 163200 - 223200
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
23-08-2025
Job Description
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. Were dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo SoFi several of the Fortune 500 and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaids network covers 12000 financial institutions across the US Canada UK and Europe. Founded in 2013 the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York Washington D.C. London and Amsterdam.
Plaids Platform Engineering organization comprises multiple teams focused on core infrastructure data platforms storage privacy and developer efficiency. Together these teams ensure that Plaids technology platform is scalable reliable and secure to support our rapid growth. Our infrastructure handles millions of requests per day and we pride ourselves on maintaining highly robust and performant systems. As a Platform Engineer you will design build and maintain the foundational infrastructure and internal platforms that empower all of Plaids engineering teams to move quickly and safely. Youll work cross-functionally with product engineering squads to ship new features and ensure operational excellence throughout each products lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Design & Develop Scalable Systems: Build and maintain core platform services with a focus on performance reliability and scalability. You will create and evolve distributed backend systems that serve as the bedrock for products used by millions of users.
- Infrastructure & Data Platforms: Develop and improve infrastructure for data storage and processing for example high-performance databases and modern data processing frameworks to handle Plaids growing data and product needs. Ensure our data infrastructure is robust and can scale effectively.
- Developer Productivity Tools: Create internal tools frameworks and automation to improve developer productivity and efficiency. This includes building CI/CD pipelines observability and monitoring systems and self-service infrastructure platforms that enable teams to ship code quickly and safely.
- Security & Privacy by Design: Integrate security privacy and compliance best practices into our platforms (e.g. data encryption access controls audit logging) to protect sensitive financial data. Work closely with Security and Privacy teams to ensure our infrastructure and internal services meet high standards for data protection and regulatory compliance.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with product engineers and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into reliable platform capabilities. Facilitate smooth integration of platform solutions into various products and coordinate across teams to resolve issues and deliver new features efficiently.
- Technical Excellence & Leadership: Uphold high engineering standards through code reviews testing and documentation. Take initiative in setting technical direction and architecture for platform systems and mentor junior engineers to help grow their skills. You will lead by example in driving best practices and continuously improving the quality of our engineering solutions.
Qualifications:
- Experience: 2 to 4 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of building and shipping complex backend systems or platforms. Experience designing and scaling distributed systems is highly desired.
- Strong Coding Skills: Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g. Go Python Java C). Our core services are built largely in Go so experience with Go is a plus. You write clean efficient and maintainable code and have solid computer science fundamentals.
- Distributed Systems & Problem Solving: Deep understanding of system design and algorithms. Hands-on experience with designing building and operating distributed systems or microservices architectures at scale. Ability to debug complex issues in a production environment and optimize system performance and reliability.
- Data and Databases: Familiarity with relational and NoSQL database technologies (for example MySQL/TiDB PostgreSQL MongoDB) and data storage architectures. Experience building data pipelines or working with big data processing frameworks (Spark Databricks etc.) is a plus.
- Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication and teamwork skills with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment. You can collaborate closely with other engineers product managers and stakeholders and youre able to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms when needed.
$163200 - $223200 a year
Target base salary for this role is between $163200 and $223200 per year. 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 candidates 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.
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 doesnt fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race color national origin ethnicity religion or religious belief sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression transgender status sexual stereotypes age military or veteran status disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal state and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability please let us know at
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