Experienced Software Engineer - Investments
Plaid
Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Tuesday, July 23, 2024
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.
The Investments team gives users tools to manage their investments in securities and cryptocurrency to optimize their financial wellness. We own the Plaid investments product end to end from the frontend user experience to the back end bank data integrations. Our B2B customers include some of the biggest Personal Finance Management and Wealth Advising application users.
You will build industry bar-setting new products for users to understand and control their investments. Your work will be a key unlock to land and retain Plaids customers in Personal Finance Management and Wealth Advising from our largest enterprise clients to the newest disruptive startups.
Responsibilities
- Build new Investments products from the ground up, creating new capabilities for Plaid and for the fintech industry as a whole.
- Work hand-in-hand with product and design to define what our products are and how they work.
- Create well-crafted, maintainable code while striving for clarity and simplicity.
- Design new systems inside our architectural ecosystem with mentorship from experienced Plaids.
- Get to know our customers face to face and deeply understand their problems.
- Own ambiguous problems and bring your creativity and grit to bear on problem solving.
- Create the technical vision for improvements in system maintenance and extensibility.
- Amplify your impact by teaching members of the team and breaking down problems other engineers to own.
Qualifications
- At least five years professional software engineering experience. Experience writing high quality, maintainable code.
- High ownership. You are excited to roll up your sleeves and figure things out that don’t have precedent at Plaid.
- Customer empathy. You want to be face to face with customers to understand their needs and design Investments products together.
- Ownership mindset: Act as a leader on the team by identifying new opportunities, teaching, and unblocking others.
- Nice to have: personal or professional experience working with investments data.
Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].