Plaid · 6 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer - ML Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$180K/yr - $270K/yr
5+ years expPlaid is evolving into an AI-first company, where data and machine learning are the key enablers of smarter, more secure insight products built on top of Plaid’s vast financial data network. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Machine Learning Infrastructure team, you will design, build, and operate the systems that power machine learning across Plaid, collaborating closely with ML product teams to accelerate the delivery of ML & AI-powered products.
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Design and implement large-scale ML infrastructure, including feature stores, pipelines, deployment tooling, and inference systems
Drive the rollout of Plaid’s next-generation feature store to improve reliability and velocity of model development
Help define and evangelize an ML Ops “golden path” for secure, scalable model training, deployment, and monitoring
Ensure operational excellence of ML pipelines and services, including reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency
Collaborate with ML product teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that accelerate experimentation and iteration
Contribute to technical strategy and architecture discussions within the team
Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance
Qualification
Required
5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, with strong focus on ML/AI infrastructure or large-scale distributed systems
Hands-on expertise in building and operating ML platforms (e.g., feature stores, data pipelines, training/inference frameworks)
Proven experience delivering reliable and scalable infrastructure in production
Solid understanding of ML Ops concepts and tooling, as well as best practices for observability, security, and reliability
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
Preferred
Experience with ML Ops tools such as MLFlow, SageMaker, or model registries
Exposure to modern AI infrastructure environments (LLMs, real-time inference, agentic models)
Background in scaling ML infrastructure in fast-paced product environments
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k)
Company
Plaid
Plaid develops financial technology infrastructure that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts and financial data.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.31BKey Investors
Franklin TempletonAltimeter CapitalGoldman Sachs Investment Partners
2025-04-03Series Unknown· $575M
2025-04-03Secondary Market
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Leadership Team
Zachary Perret
Co-Founder & CEO
Eric Sager
COO
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