Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Plaid

You’ll lead the team building the financial data products behind the next generation of personal finance applications. Our work spans Plaid’s Transactions, Investments, and Liabilities products from strengthening their foundations to building new ways for people to understand their spending, recurring expenses, and net worth. You’ll partner closely with Product and customers to shape the roadmap, combining deep technical judgment with product thinking to turn Plaid’s network into useful capabilities for AI-powered financial experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 7 engineers, ranging from early-career to senior, supporting their growth through clear expectations, coaching, and feedback.
• Define the team’s long-term direction with Product, balancing new capabilities with investments in reliability, data quality, and scale.
• Dive into technical design and execution, helping the team make sound decisions across the product suite.
• Drive projects from ambiguous customer problems through launch, adoption, and ongoing improvement.
• Work directly with customers and go-to-market partners to shape solutions, explain tradeoffs, and set realistic commitments.
• Build a team that delivers consistently and takes ownership of both customer outcomes and the health of its systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including time as a Staff-level engineer before transitioning into management.

• 1+ years of engineering management.

• Deep experience designing and operating reliable backend systems and APIs at scale.

• Track record of building and growing high-performing engineering teams, either as an engineer or a manager.

• Strong product judgment, including shaping roadmaps and balancing new features with foundational investments.

• 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.

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• 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 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.

• 216,000.00 - 291,600.00 per year