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Plaid · 5 months ago

Engineering Manager, Product Foundations

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid Level
money$215K/yr - $366K/yr

Plaid is a company focused on building the core technical infrastructure that supports its evolving product suite. The Engineering Manager for Product Foundations will lead the Update Pipeline team, responsible for managing critical platform layers and ensuring efficient systems that empower product teams to launch scalable solutions.

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Responsibilities

Setting team strategy in partnership with the TL on this team and other ProFound EM counterparts
Driving execution (eg, planning, sprints, etc) and holding a high technical bar
People management of engineers: career growth, performance management, evaluating promotions, and delivering feedback
Directly driving technical and product outcomes: identifying new opportunities, diving deep into project details to ensure robust project execution, and more
This person will need to be very hands-on and technical to be successful
Work closely with cross-functional teams to define clear, reusable interfaces and abstractions that simplify complex workflows for the other Plaid product team

Qualification

Scalable architectureTechnical managementTeam leadershipTechnical problem-solvingPeople management

Required

Strong understanding of building scalable architecture to support production products
Experience hiring, managing, and growing engineers
Must be a deeply technical EM
Able to dive deep into the technical details of the problems the team faces, empowering the team to execute against an ambitious set of goals

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k)

Company

Plaid

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Plaid develops financial technology infrastructure that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts and financial data.
dateFounded in 2013
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
https://plaid.com

H1B Sponsorship

Plaid has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (41)
2024 (41)
2023 (42)
2022 (53)
2021 (30)
2020 (11)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1.31B
Key Investors
Franklin TempletonAltimeter CapitalGoldman Sachs Investment Partners
2025-04-03Series Unknown· $575M
2025-04-03Secondary Market
2023-10-19Series Unknown

Leadership Team

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Zachary Perret
Co-Founder & CEO
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Eric Sager
COO
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