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Plaid · 8 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$180K/yr - $270K/yr
date5+ years exp

Plaid is a company focused on data-driven decision making and aims to scale their data systems while ensuring data integrity. The role involves contributing to the technical roadmap for data-driven and machine learning iterations, leading key data infrastructure projects, and collaborating with stakeholders across teams.

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Responsibilities

Contribute towards the long-term technical roadmap for data-driven and machine learning iteration at Plaid
Leading key data infrastructure projects such as improving ML development golden paths, implementing offline streaming solutions for data freshness, building net new ETL pipeline infrastructure, and evolving data warehouse or data lakehouse capabilities
Working with stakeholders in other teams and functions to define technical roadmaps for key backend systems and abstractions across Plaid
Debugging, troubleshooting, and reducing operational burden for our Data Platform
Growing the team via mentorship and leadership, reviewing technical documents and code changes

Qualification

Data InfrastructureMachine Learning InfrastructureApache SparkWorkflow OrchestrationStreaming InfrastructureData WarehousesData LakehousesProject ManagementCodingTestingSystem DesignDatabricksAirflowAWS EMRCross-functional CollaborationCommunication SkillsMentorship

Required

5+ years of software engineering experience
Extensive hands-on software engineering experience, with a strong track record of delivering successful projects within the Data Infrastructure or Platform domain at similar or larger companies
Deep understanding of one of: ML Infrastructure systems, including Feature Stores, Training Infrastructure, Serving Infrastructure, and Model Monitoring OR Data Infrastructure systems, including Data Warehouses, Data Lakehouses, Apache Spark, Streaming Infrastructure, Workflow Orchestration
Strong cross-functional collaboration, communication, and project management skills, with proven ability to coordinate effectively
Proficiency in coding, testing, and system design, ensuring reliable and scalable solutions
Demonstrated leadership abilities, including experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers

Preferred

Experience with Databricks
Experience with Airflow
Experience with AWS EMR

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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