Software Engineer, Full Stack
- Salary
- $176.4K - $226.8K
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Hybrid · San Francisco
Not stated in the posting: visa.
Open. First seen 8 May 2026.
About the role
Plaid's standard text
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, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam.
Plaid’s mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone by making money movement and access to financial data simple and secure. As a Fullstack Software Engineer, you will design and build the systems and experiences that power how millions of people connect to their finances.
You will work across the stack, building scalable backend services and APIs while also crafting intuitive, high-quality frontend experiences that bring those systems to life. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy switching between backend problem-solving and frontend user experience work, and who are excited to grow their impact across both.
You will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to ship products that are reliable, secure, and delightful to use. At Plaid, engineers take ownership early, contribute to architectural decisions, and see their work reach millions of users.
Responsibilities:
- Design & Development: Design, develop and maintain both frontend and backend components
- Majority Backend Focus (60-70%): Develop APIs and services, focusing on scalability, security and performance.
- Frontend Focus (30-40%): Build delightful experiences using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, product designers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
- Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and efficient code.
- Testing & Debugging: Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues.
Qualifications:
- 2-4 years of experience in full-stack development.
- Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and modern frameworks and libraries.
- Working knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js.
- Experience MySQL or other relational databases.
- Experience working with microservices
- Experience with API design.
- Excellent coding and testing skills.
- 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.
Plaid's standard text
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 accommodations@plaid.com.
Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here.
Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered. Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Pay is based on factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience and skillset, and location. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.
What this role asks for
Standard for full stack roles
JavaScript · Node.js · Python
Common in full stack postings at any company.
54% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Plaid's standard text, folded away below.
Read against Plaid's other open postings on this site.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 25 open in Engineering. 2 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in May: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Microservices (10 of 25), MySQL (9 of 25), CSS (7 of 25), HTML (7 of 25), JavaScript (7 of 25), Golang (6 of 25), Machine Learning (5 of 25)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Engineering Manager - Network Health posted Oct 14
- Staff Software Engineer - Credit Insights posted Oct 7
- Senior Data Engineer posted Sep 3
- Software Engineer, Full Stack posted Sep 1
- Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack posted Sep 1
- Software Engineer, Backend posted Sep 1
- Integrations Operations Engineer posted Aug 28
- Engineering Manager - Supply & Traffic posted Aug 22
- Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Release Engineering posted Aug 20
- Staff Software Engineer - AI Applications posted Aug 20
- Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance posted Aug 20
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend posted Aug 19
- Staff Software Engineer - AI & Intelligent Tooling posted Aug 12
- Senior Software Engineer - AI Tooling posted Jul 10
- Staff Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure posted Jul 6
- Engineering Manager - Dashboard Foundations posted Jun 30
- Engineering Manager, AI Applications posted Jun 15
- Software Engineer, Backend posted May 4
- Software Engineer, Backend posted May 4
- Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack posted May 4
- Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack posted May 4
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend posted May 4
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend posted May 4
- Software Engineer, Full Stack posted May 4
From the team and dates on Plaid's own job board.
Salary context
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