Senior Software Engineer - Backend at Plaid

This role is for an engineer with at least five years of experience who has a track record of shipping microservices and managing relational databases like MySQL. You should be comfortable leading technical projects, mentoring juniors, and collaborating directly with product and design teams. **What makes it worth a look...** Plaid is a major player in fintech infrastructure, so you will work on systems that handle massive scale across thousands of banks. The top-of-market salary reaching $248k is strong for a hybrid role in Seattle. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have five or more years of experience shipping production-ready backend code. * Are comfortable designing complex systems and writing your own automated tests. * Enjoy the balance of hands-on coding and high-level architectural planning. * Have worked extensively with MySQL and distributed microservice environments.