Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Plaid

Actively hiring
San Francisco Posted 28 days ago $190,800$262,800 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

This position is for a senior software engineer at the San Francisco headquarters, where you will work closely with product managers and designers to build robust backend services using technologies like MySQL within a microservices architecture. Your daily tasks include writing clean code, conducting thorough testing, participating in code reviews, and contributing to system design discussions to ensure reliability and scalability. You will also mentor junior engineers and foster a strong engineering culture through technical leadership and collaboration across various teams. Ideal candidates have over five years of experience delivering production systems, solid frontend and backend skills, and proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional partners.

Skills

MySQL Python Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Git REST JSON SQL Linux AWS PostgreSQL Mentoring Microservices Service-Oriented Architecture Scalability Reliability Security Code Reviews System Design

What you'll do

  • Build across the full software stack to deliver features solving customer problems.
  • Write clean and maintainable code while actively participating in code reviews.
  • Design and implement automated tests for system performance monitoring.
  • Engage in hands-on coding and architectural decisions ensuring system reliability.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to maintaining technical standards.

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.
  • Solid system design, coding, and testing skills across frontend and backend technologies.
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively with product, design, and other engineering teams.
  • Comfortable working across product, operations, and data teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
  • Experience mentoring or supporting the growth of other engineers through reviews and guidance.

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 58 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $204,156–$281,196 across 58 roles with salary data.

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