Software Engineer

Plaid • Fulltime • San Francisco, CA, USA, United States • $143.60k - $197.60k / year • 4m ago

Salary Range: 143640 to 197640 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

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.

Responsibilities:

Design & Development: Design, develop and maintain both frontend and backend components
Majority Backend Focus (60-70%): Develop APIs and services, focusing on scalability, security and performance.
Frontend Focus (30-40%): Build delightful experiences using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries.
Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, product designers 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.

Qualifications:

2-4 years of experience in full-stack development.
Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and modern frameworks and libraries.
Working knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js.
Experience MySQL or other relational databases.
Experience working with microservices
Experience with API design.
Excellent coding and testing skills.
High ownership. You are excited to roll up your sleeves and figure things out that don’t have precedent at Plaid.
Customer empathy. You want to be face to face with customers to understand their needs and design Investments products together.