Staff Software Engineer - Online Storage at Plaid

This role is for a highly experienced infrastructure specialist who has spent years managing large-scale database clusters and distributed storage systems. You should have deep expertise in database internals, specifically with SQL performance tuning and scaling tools like TiDB or MySQL in high-throughput environments. **What makes it worth a look...** The upper pay band of $330,000 is exceptionally high for a mid-to-senior individual contributor role. You are joining a high-traffic fintech leader where you will have the autonomy to move beyond just using databases to actually building the foundational storage platform for the entire engineering organization. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have hands-on experience deploying and orchestrating databases at scale using Terraform and AWS. * Can diagnose complex issues by reading through the source code of a database engine. * Enjoy building internal automation tools that make life easier for other developers. * Feel comfortable migrating massive, mission-critical datasets with zero downtime.