About Plaid
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, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam.
Team Description
Plaid is evolving into an AI-first company, and Intelligent Tooling sits at the center of that transformation. The Intelligent Tooling team is being built from the ground up, and our mission is to establish the technical foundations, operating model, and internal platforms that embed AI deeply into Plaid’s coding tools, internal systems, and the entire software development lifecycle.
Role Description
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Intelligent Tooling team, you will build and operate internal systems that directly impact how engineers across Plaid do their work, and own the technical direction for major parts of that surface. This is a hands-on role with significant ownership, where success is measured by real adoption, reliability, and improvements to developer experience.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate internal tools and services used by Plaid’s engineers.
- Integrate AI-powered tools and workflows into core engineering processes.
- Improve reliability, usability, and performance of existing internal platforms.
- Own systems end-to-end, including production support and iterative improvement.
- Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to deliver practical, high-impact solutions.
- Set technical direction for major areas of the Intelligent Tooling surface and mentor other engineers.
Qualifications
Must-haves:
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Experience building developer tooling, internal platforms, or infrastructure.
- Exposure to developing AI systems, automation, or agentic workflows, and hands-on experience using AI-powered developer tools.
- Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, with a track record of setting technical direction and leading through influence.
- Strong interest and excitement in leveraging AI to meaningfully improve developer productivity and engineering velocity for a broader engineering organization.
Nice-to-haves:
- Familiarity with CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, or observability tooling.
Compensation & Benefits
The salary range for this position is $207,600 – $306,600 per year, plus equity and/or commission depending on the position offered. Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company.
