Senior Backend Engineer: Scale, Mentorship & Microservices

Plaid Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Commission eligibility

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Job summary

Plaid Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer in New York, NY. You will design and build systems powering millions of users, spanning reliable backend services and APIs to user-facing applications. You’ll work with engineers, product managers, and designers to ship features that make financial data access simple and secure.

We value ownership, rapid growth, and impact, with opportunities to mentor others and shape technical direction in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering projects.
• Experience with MySQL or other relational databases.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Excellent coding, testing, and system design skills.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and project management abilities.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to mentor junior engineers.
• Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to implement features.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Develop automated tests to ensure quality and reliability.
• Engage in hands-on coding and architectural design to uphold high technical standards.
• Grow the team through mentorship and code reviews.

Skills

Software engineering

MySQL

Microservices

Backend development

Testing

Leadership

Collaboration

Job description

Plaid Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer in New York, NY. You will design and build systems powering millions of users, spanning reliable backend services and APIs to user-facing applications. You’ll work with engineers, product managers, and designers to ship features that make financial data access simple and secure.

We value ownership, rapid growth, and impact, with opportunities to mentor others and shape technical direction in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.