This role pays more than
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$257k
versus about
$216k
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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 & Intelligent Tooling joins the Intelligent Tooling team to establish technical foundations for an AI-first transformation. In this hands-on role, you will design, build, and operate internal tools and services that directly impact how engineers work across the organization. You will be responsible for integrating AI-powered tools into core engineering processes, improving the reliability of internal platforms, and setting the technical direction for major areas of the developer experience surface. The role requires expertise in building developer tooling, internal platforms, or infrastructure, alongside experience with AI systems, automation, agentic workflows, and AI-powered developer tools. You will solve problems related to enhancing engineering velocity by creating durable systems that automate lower-leverage work. Familiarity with CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and observability tooling is also valued for this high-impact internal platform role.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
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AI Infrastructure
LLM
Full Stack Development
API Design
Data Modeling
Cloud Infrastructure
Distributed Systems
Observability
Data Visualization
Workflow Orchestration
Event-Driven Systems
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