Engineering Manager
Plaid
- Pay
- $216k–$292k
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- New York City Office · New York · United States
- First seen
- 2 hours ago
- Last seen
- 2 hours ago
- Board
- Ashby
Summary
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years.
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. ROLE OVERVIEW You’ll lead the team building the financial data products behind the next generation of personal finance applications. Our work spans Plaid’s Transactions, Investments, and Liabilities products from strengthening their foundations to building new ways for people to understand their spending, recurring expenses, and net worth. You’ll partner closely with Product and customers to shape the roadmap, combining deep technical judgment with product thinking to turn Plaid’s network into useful capabilities for AI-powered financial experiences. RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead a team of 7 engineers, ranging from early-career to senior, supporting their growth through clear expectations, coaching, and feedback. - Define the team’s long-term direction with Product, balancing new capabilities with investments in reliability, data quality, and scale. - Dive into technical design and execution, helping the team make sound decisions across the product suite. - Drive projects from ambiguous customer problems through launch, adoption, and ongoing improvement. - Work directly with customers and go-to-market partners to shape solutions, explain tradeoffs, and set realistic commitments. - Build a team that delivers consistently and takes ownership of both customer outcomes and the health of its systems. QUALIFICATIONS - 8+ years of software engineering experience, including time as a Staff-level engineer before transitioning into management. - 1+ years of engineering management. - Deep experience designing and operating reliable backend systems and APIs at scale. - Track record of building and growing high-performing engineering teams, either as an engineer