
About Plaid
Empowering financial freedom through seamless APIs
Key Highlights
- Headquartered in SoMa, San Francisco, CA
- Over 12,000 financial institution integrations
- Serves 25% of North Americans with bank accounts
- $1.3 billion raised in Series D funding
Plaid is a leading fintech company headquartered in SoMa, San Francisco, CA, specializing in APIs that connect consumers with their financial institutions. With over 12,000 integrations across the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe, Plaid serves hundreds of applications like Venmo, Robinhood, and Coinba...
🎁 Benefits
Plaid offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and life insurance, along with equity for full-time employees. Employees enjoy a monthl...
🌟 Culture
Plaid fosters a culture focused on empowering employees with ownership and flexibility. The company prioritizes innovation in fintech infrastructure, ...
Skills & Technologies
Overview
Plaid is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for their Data Infrastructure team to scale data systems and maintain data integrity. You'll work with technologies like Apache Spark and Data Warehousing in San Francisco.
Job Description
Who you are
You have 5+ years of experience in software engineering, particularly focused on data infrastructure and systems. Your expertise includes building and scaling data pipelines, ensuring data integrity, and providing tooling for cross-functional teams. You are comfortable working with complex data systems and have a strong understanding of data warehousing and lakehouse architectures.
You possess deep knowledge of Apache Spark and have experience with workflow orchestration tools. Your background includes working with streaming technologies, allowing you to handle real-time data processing effectively. You are a collaborative team player who enjoys guiding others in exploring data safely and efficiently.
What you'll do
In this role, you will be responsible for scaling Plaid's data systems while ensuring the accuracy and completeness of data. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to provide the necessary tooling and guidance for data exploration. Your work will enable Plaid engineers to prototype and iterate on products built on consumer-permissioned financial data.
You will design and implement data pipelines that are both performant and cost-efficient, creating abstractions that simplify development for other engineers. Your contributions will directly impact how Plaid serves its customers by enhancing data insights and decision-making capabilities across the organization.
What we offer
Plaid offers a dynamic work environment where you can grow your skills and make a significant impact on the company's data infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with talented professionals in the field. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
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