This role pays more than
82%
of similar roles. Most pay
$140,262–$209,675
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$215k
versus about
$175k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Plaid
Plaid is a financial technology company that builds a data network powering digital finance applications, enabling consumers to securely connect their financial accounts to apps and services. Industry: Financial Technology & Data Infrastructure
Plaid currently has
35 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$190,800–$262,800
across 35 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will join the Data Platform team to scale data systems while maintaining high standards for accuracy and completeness. You will be responsible for building and owning core SQL and Python data pipelines that power the company's data lake and warehouse. Your daily work involves designing golden datasets, managing infrastructure, and creating visualizations to enable business leaders to make informed decisions. To achieve these goals, you will utilize a technical stack including DBT, Airflow, Redshift, Atlan, Retool, Spark, Kafka, and Golang applications. You will also manage large-scale data models ranging from 500TB to petabytes across various warehouses like Snowflake and Databricks. This role focuses on solving complex data pipeline issues at scale while ensuring data quality, performance, and privacy for the company's internal analytics and reporting needs.
What does a Data Engineer earn in California?
Median $199800 from 35 postings across 19 companies.