PlaidPL

Software Engineer - Product Platform

Plaid is used by thousands of digital financial apps and services like Betterment, Expensify, Microsoft and Venmo, and by many of the largest banks to make it easy for consumers to connect their financial accounts with the apps and services they want to use.

Plaid

Employee count: 201-500

Salary: 144k-198k USD

United States only
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We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.
The Product Platform group is dedicated to providing strategic building blocks to accelerate Plaid’s product development. Think of this group as Plaid’s Plaid. It consists of teams that are responsible for owning all of Plaid’s key services while making them reliable and highly productive to work with. We also have a team that is building out a new risk and compliance engine that allows us to seamlessly onboard customers while ensuring compliance with new and existing regulations. We also design the interfaces, data models and pipelines that provide Plaid’s product teams access to high-quality data on which they can build insights for customers.

Responsibilities

  • You will work closely with a highly iterative, cross-functional team to understand product requirements to build Plaid’s next-generation products, as well as the interfaces and data models that power these products.
  • You will own and lead projects, step up as a trusted member of the team’s on-call rotation, advocate for technical and process changes, and follow best practices to increase overall system reliability.
  • You will provide the right building blocks, interfaces and abstractions to accelerate Plaid’s product development.
  • You'll work across a swath of stakeholders, while thinking of the “big picture” and driving impact.
  • You'll also collaborate with Product, Design, Support, Marketing, and Data Engineering to serve our shared mission.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of industry experience
  • Strong programming skills with the interest and ability to work across the stack.
  • Proven track record of shipping successful projects
  • Self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of tasks.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • [Nice to have] Experience with Golang, Typescript, and Python
Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].
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About the job

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Aug 27, 2024

Posted on

Jun 28, 2024

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid-level

Salary

Salary: 144k-198k USD

Location requirements

Hiring timezones

United States +/- 0 hours

About Plaid

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Plaid is used by thousands of digital financial apps and services like Betterment, Expensify, Microsoft and Venmo, and by many of the largest banks to make it easy for consumers to connect their financial accounts with the apps and services they want to use. Plaid connects with over 11,000 financial institutions across the U.S, Canada and Europe. The company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

At Plaid, we have diverse backgrounds and skills, but we're all passionate about building a more efficient and inclusive financial infrastructure—together.

We unlock financial freedom for everyone

OUR VISION

Plaid is focused on democratizing financial services through technology. We build beautiful consumer experiences, developer-friendly infrastructure, and intelligent tools that give everyone the ability to create amazing products that solve big problems.

OUR BUSINESS

We started out by building the technical infrastructure APIs that connect consumers, traditional financial institutions, and developers. Today, we add key insights to the data access we provide with our suite of analytics products.

OUR CULTURE

We value cross-team collaboration and diversity of thought. There's always an opportunity to learn from each other outside of day-to-day work, whether it's company-wide offsites, internal hackathons, or co-worker meetups.

OUR PEOPLE

We have diverse backgrounds and skills, but we're all passionate about building a more efficient and inclusive financial infrastructure—together.

Employee benefits

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Employee assistance program (EAP)

24/7 counseling services

Wellness benefits

$100 monthly fitness stipend.

Disability insurance

We'll cover your disability insurance.

We've got you covered

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

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