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Software Engineer, Full Stack

Plaid· Engineering
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San Francisco$176.4k - $226.8kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Fullstack Software Engineer at Plaid responsible for designing and building scalable backend services and APIs, while delivering intuitive frontend experiences. Hybrid role with backend emphasis and frontend work, collaborating across product, design, and engineering to ship reliable, secure products used by millions.

Responsibilities

  • Design & Development: Design, develop and maintain both frontend and backend components
  • Majority Backend Focus (60-70%): Develop APIs and services, focusing on scalability, security and performance.
  • Frontend Focus (30-40%): Build delightful experiences using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, product designers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
  • Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and efficient code.
  • Testing & Debugging: Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Qualifications

  • 2-4 years of experience in full-stack development.
  • Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and modern frameworks and libraries.
  • Working knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js.
  • Experience MySQL or other relational databases.
  • Experience working with microservices
  • Experience with API design.
  • Excellent coding and testing skills.
  • High ownership. You are excited to roll up your sleeves and figure things out that don’t have precedent at Plaid.
  • Customer empathy. You want to be face to face with customers to understand their needs and design Investments products together.

Skills

Required:full-stack developmentHTMLCSSJavaScriptMySQLmicroservicesAPI design
Nice to have:PythonJavaGoNode.js

Benefits

  • Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Deviations or additional details may appear in the pay/benefits section.
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.

fintechbankingpaymentsfraudcreditopen financefinancial data
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