This role pays more than
99%
of similar roles. Most pay
$181,293–$238,250
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$317k
versus about
$210k
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.
Staff Software Engineer - AI Applications will join the newly formed AI Applications team as a founding member to accelerate the transition into an AI-first company. This role involves leading projects to scale business growth with large AI customers, specifically focusing on personal finance use cases and developing integration patterns like MCP Servers. You will build and evolve high-quality backend services, APIs, and frontend applications while collaborating with machine learning engineers to implement GenAI features. Key responsibilities include designing multi-agent systems, implementing RAG, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and managing vector databases for semantic search. The role addresses the challenge of integrating financial data into conversational interfaces and agentic commerce. Required skills include experience with microservices, LLM orchestration frameworks, streaming, SSE, and production monitoring within privacy-sensitive environments to solve complex problems in the fintech landscape.
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