Staff Software Engineer - Money Movement at Plaid

This role is for a seasoned engineer with at least three to five years of deep experience building payment rails, billing systems, or high-scale financial infrastructure. You need a background in distributed systems and a proven ability to architect platforms that handle complex money movement like settlements and reconciliations. **What makes it worth a look...** The compensation is high for a mid-to-senior level role, topping out at $330,000. You get to define the architecture for a multi-rail platform used by massive clients like Venmo and SoFi while working from major hubs like San Francisco, New York, or Seattle. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have built systems that handle ACH, real-time payments, or open banking rails. * Like writing technical designs and code while mentoring a team of engineers. * Can manage the technical complexity of bookkeeping and automated reconciliation. * Want to own the roadmap for products that move money for millions of people.