As a Senior Software Engineer on Plaid's Data Infrastructure team in Seattle, you will play a pivotal role in scaling and optimizing data systems to ensure accurate and timely insights for decision-making across the company. Your day-to-day responsibilities include contributing to long-term technical roadmaps, leading projects such as enhancing ML development workflows and implementing streaming solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define system abstractions, and reducing operational burdens through debugging and troubleshooting. You will also mentor junior engineers and review code changes to maintain high standards of quality and reliability. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in data infrastructure or platform engineering, deep expertise in technologies like Data Warehouses, Apache Spark, and Workflow Orchestration, and proficiency in coding, testing, and system design. Experience with tools such as Databricks and Airflow is a plus.
Skills
Data Warehouses
Data Lakehouses
Apache Spark
Workflow Orchestration
Streaming Infrastructure
Databricks
Airflow
AWS EMR
Python
CI/CD
What you'll do
Lead key data infrastructure projects, including improving ML development paths and implementing offline streaming solutions.
Scale existing data pipelines to ensure performance and cost efficiency while creating abstractions for simple platform development.
Define technical roadmaps for backend systems and abstractions across Plaid with stakeholders from various teams.
Debug and troubleshoot issues to reduce operational burden on the Data Platform.
Mentor junior engineers and review their technical documents and code changes.
What we're looking for
5+ years of software engineering experience in Data Infrastructure or Platform domain.
Extensive hands-on experience delivering successful projects in data systems or ML infrastructure.
Deep understanding of Data Warehouses, Data Lakehouses, Apache Spark, Streaming Infrastructure, Workflow Orchestration.
Strong cross-functional collaboration and project management skills with proven coordination ability.
Demonstrated leadership in mentoring and guiding junior engineers within the team.
Proficiency in coding, testing, and system design for reliable and scalable solutions.
Market check
Salary context
This
$190,800–$262,800
range sits above
87%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$117,000–$210,665
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$139,000–$209,000
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
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
127 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$186,000–$262,800
across 127 roles with salary data.