Plaid
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Senior backend engineer building reliable services and APIs that connect people to their financial accounts, with mentoring and architecture responsibilities.
Captured October 2026Still open as of Oct 11, 2026 ↗
The role
This role sits on the engineering team that builds the infrastructure letting developers and consumers link bank accounts to apps. The engineer works across backend services and APIs, partnering with product, design, and data teams, and also contributes to technical direction and coaching other engineers.
What you would do
- Build and upkeep backend services optimized for speed, dependability, and growth
- Partner with product managers and stakeholders to shape and deliver new features
- Produce readable, maintainable, and efficient code
- Create automated test coverage and diagnose production issues
- Contribute hands-on to coding and system architecture decisions
- Mentor teammates and review design documents and code changes
What they asked for
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a record of delivering projects
- Working knowledge of MySQL or other relational databases
- Experience building microservice-based systems
- Strong skills in coding, testing, and system design
- Track record of cross-functional coordination and project management
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to coach junior engineers
- Ability to collaborate with operations, product, design, and data science
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