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 and partners, specifically focusing on personal finance use cases. Key responsibilities include developing integration patterns for AI providers, building MCP Servers, and architecting trust layers for agentic commerce. You will also evolve internal customer support agents by implementing multi-turn systems, offline evaluation, and RLHF. The role requires expertise in backend services, microservices, and LLM technologies including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, semantic search with vector databases, and agent orchestration frameworks. Candidates must be skilled in designing scalable APIs and frontend applications while balancing creative exploration with technical feasibility to solve complex problems within the fintech ecosystem.
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