Description
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.
As a Software Engineer at Plaid, you will be responsible for designing and developing backend services with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability. You will work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
Responsibilities:
- Design & Development: Build and maintain backend services with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
- Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
- Testing & Debugging: Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues.
- Engage in hands-on coding and architectural design, setting and maintaining high technical standards for a high-performing team.
- Grow the team via mentorship and leadership, reviewing technical documents and code changes.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience with extensive experience in software engineering with a proven track record of shipping successful projects.
- Experience with MySQL or other relational databases.
- Experience working with microservices.
- Excellent coding, testing, and system design skills.
- Prior experience with cross-functional collaboration, communication, and project management skills.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.
- Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science.
Additional Information:
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.