Staff Software Engineer - AI Applications at Plaid

This role is for a seasoned engineer with deep experience shipping products powered by LLMs, specifically using RAG and agentic workflows. Plaid wants a founding member for their AI Applications team who can function as their own technical product manager while building out the infrastructure for the next generation of financial agents. **What makes it worth a look...** The compensation is exceptionally high, capping at $400,000 for a role that offers a front-row seat to the intersection of fintech and generative AI. You will have a massive amount of autonomy to define the industry standard for agentic commerce and help transition a major financial player into an AI-first company. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have hands-on experience with vector databases, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning LLMs for production. * Know how to build and evaluate multi-turn agent systems that handle sensitive financial data. * Can architect official MCP servers and API adaptations for external AI providers. * Prefer a hybrid San Francisco schedule and want to work on 0-to-1 projects within a mature, successful company.