As a Fullstack Software Engineer at Plaid, you will join a dynamic team to design and build scalable backend services and APIs while crafting intuitive frontend experiences that enhance user interaction with financial systems. Your day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating closely with product managers and designers to define requirements and deliver features that solve real customer problems, maintaining high code quality through clean coding practices and participation in code reviews, and contributing to system design decisions to ensure reliability and security. You will work with technologies such as MySQL for backend services and modern frontend frameworks like React or Angular. This role is ideal for engineers who are passionate about building end-to-end solutions that impact millions of users and thrive in a collaborative environment where they can mentor others and grow the engineering culture.
Skills
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
MySQL
microservices
service-oriented architectures
CI/CD
Python
Go
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
PostgreSQL
React
Node.js
RESTful APIs
GraphQL
Git
Jenkins
Swagger
JUnit
Selenium
SonarQube
What you'll do
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
Craft intuitive, high-quality frontend applications to enhance user experiences.
Define requirements and deliver features in collaboration with product managers and designers.
Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews and technical discussions.
Build automated tests and monitor system performance for reliability.
Engage in hands-on coding and architectural decisions to ensure scalability.
What we're looking for
5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production systems or features.
Experience building backend services using relational databases and microservices architectures.
Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frontend frameworks for user-facing experiences.
Solid system design, coding, and testing skills across both frontend and backend technologies.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with product managers, designers, and other engineering partners.
Comfortable working across teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
Experience mentoring or supporting the growth of other engineers through reviews and guidance.
Market check
Salary context
This
$190,800–$262,800
range sits above
91%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$117,000–$209,330
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$142,400–$200,400
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.