Software Engineer, Backend
Plaid
Software Engineer, Backend is a still-open role at Plaid on Jobrow. Location: On-site · Seattle Office · Seattle · Washington · United States. Listed pay: $176k–$227k. Sourced from the company's public Ashby board. First seen 2 months ago; last confirmed 9 days ago. Apply on the employer ATS — Jobrow is not the employer.
- Pay
- $176k–$227k
- Workplace
- On-site
- Location
- Seattle Office · Seattle · Washington · United States
- First seen
- 2 months ago
- Last seen
- 9 days ago
- Board
- Ashby
About this role
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years.
- Function: Backend
- Seniority: mid
Location & pay
On-site · Seattle Office · Seattle · Washington · United States Listed pay on Jobrow: $176k–$227k.
Source
Jobrow reads the public Ashby board for Plaid. First seen 2 months ago; last seen 9 days ago. We are not the employer — apply only on the company ATS.
Posting
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, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam. Plaid’s mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone by making money movement and access to financial data simple and secure. As a Software Engineer, you will design and build the systems that power how millions of people connect to their finances. You will work across the stack, from reliable backend services and APIs to intuitive applications that bring those systems to life. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to ship products that make financial services more accessible and transparent. At Plaid, engineers take ownership early, grow quickly, and see their work reach millions of users. Responsibilities: - System Design & Development: Build and maintain scalable, reliable backend or fullstack systems and APIs that power Plaid’s products. - Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define and deliver features that solve real customer problems. - Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code. Participate in reviews to maintain high engineering standards. - Testing & Debugging: Build automated tests, monitor system performance, and troubleshoot issues in production environments. - Continuous Improvement: Contribute to technical design discussions, share best practices, and help improve how we build at Plaid. Qualifications: - 2-4 years of software engineering experience (post-internship). - Proven ability to ship reliable systems or features at scale. - Strong problem-solving skills. You turn ideas into practical, maintainable solutions. - High ownership. You are excited to roll up your sleeves and figure things out that don’t have precedent at Plaid.
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