Engineering Manager: Lead Unified Onboarding Platform Migration

Speedrun Talent Network; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Commission

Job summary

Plaid is building a unified onboarding platform to connect its products. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of about ten engineers through a major migration, unifying onboarding experiences on a new foundation while preserving traffic and reliability.

You will partner with a Principal Engineer, Tech Lead, and cross-functional teams to define direction, mentor engineers, and deliver high-quality software at scale. This role emphasizes technical excellence and leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer with a track record of designing and shipping complex, scalable systems.
• 2+ years managing engineers, including coaching, performance management, and building a team.
• Strong technical depth: ability to dive into architecture and design details and maintain a high bar for the team.
• Strong user empathy and the ability to balance technical tradeoffs with product outcomes.
• Nice to have: experience building consumer-facing products and/or product led growth (PLG) dev tools.

Responsibilities

• Set team strategy and the technical roadmap in partnership with the Tech Lead, balancing the platform migration with ongoing improvements to Link.
• Drive team execution (planning, sprints, delivery) with hands-on design and code review to maintain a high technical bar.
• Hire, manage, and develop a team of engineers, including goal setting, coaching, feedback, and performance management.
• Partner with Product, Design, and engineering teams to define clear interfaces and make the unified platform easy to adopt and extend.
• Keep Link reliable and healthy through the transition, balancing new work with long-term system health.

Skills

Backend engineering

Engineering management

System design

Stakeholder collaboration

PLG / consumer tooling (Nice to have)

Job description

Plaid is building a unified onboarding platform to connect its products. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of about ten engineers through a major migration, unifying onboarding experiences on a new foundation while preserving traffic and reliability.

You will partner with a Principal Engineer, Tech Lead, and cross-functional teams to define direction, mentor engineers, and deliver high-quality software at scale. This role emphasizes technical excellence and leadership.