Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack
Plaid· Engineering
Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$190.8k - $262.8kFull-timePosted 5mo ago
About the role
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer at Plaid, building scalable backend services and APIs alongside frontend experiences to power millions of users connecting to their finances.
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
Skills
Required:Software engineeringBackend developmentFrontend developmentSystem design
Benefits
- Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
- Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Plaid
Enabling all companies to build fintech solutions
Plaid helps all companies build fintech solutions by making it easy, safe and reliable for people to connect their financial data to apps and services.
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