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Engineering Manager - Supply & Traffic

Plaid· Engineering
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$216k - $291kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Engineering Manager for Plaid's Supply & Traffic team, based in New York City, leading a team of engineers to manage data supply entering Plaid's network and traffic to financial institutions, with focus on automation, AI/ML-driven data discovery, and strategic roadmap execution.

Responsibilities

  • You will lead a team of 7 engineers, ranging from junior to Staff and including an ML engineer, developing them through clear goal setting, coaching, and feedback.
  • You’ll define and drive the long-term strategy for this focus area, in close partnership with technical and product leaders across Plaid.
  • You’ll collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify high-leverage opportunities, shape the roadmap, and dive deep into technical design and execution details to ensure consistent delivery of high-impact business outcomes.
  • You’ll lead the transition of traffic management and optimization into the team in early 2027 and own its roadmap across charged access and first-party initiatives.
  • You’ll drive automation and AI/ML-powered approaches to discovering new data (Constellation) and to deciding how and when Plaid retrieves it.
  • You’ll uphold a high bar for technical quality and delivery velocity, leading by example.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of industry experience, that includes time as a Staff-level engineer before transitioning into management.
  • 1+ years of engineering management experience
  • Deep experience designing scalable, reliable architectures that support real-world products at scale.
  • Experience building or leading teams that ship ML- or AI-driven systems in production.
  • Track record of building and growing high performing engineering teams (either as an engineer or a manager).

Skills

Required:Leadership and people managementStrategic planning and roadmap developmentSystem design and architectureML/AI-driven systems

Benefits

  • Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
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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