Plaid
Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance
San Francisco HQ · Staff+
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
JavaGoDistributed SystemsRESTComplianceAuditingCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years.
- We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical architecture for Plaid's data-governance platform
- Lead the design and delivery of multi-quarter, cross-team initiatives.
- Drive design reviews and set engineering standards for reliability, correctness, and auditability across the team's systems.
- Partner with Legal, Privacy, Security, and product-engineering teams to shape requirements and unblock adoption of governance controls company-wide.
- raising the technical bar through design reviews and mentorship, and partnering deeply with Legal, Privacy, Security, and product-engineering teams to turn obligations into controls the rest of the company can build on.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous requirements into clear technical plans and align multiple stakeholders behind them.
- Must-haves:
- Extensive experience (typically 8+ years) building and operating backend distributed systems at scale, in a language like Go, Java, or similar.
- A track record of leading the design of complex systems and driving cross-team technical initiatives to completion.
- Strong fundamentals in data stores, consistency, and reliability, with the judgment to reason about correctness and failure modes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including working effectively with non-engineering partners (legal, privacy, compliance).
- Nice-to-have:
- Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
- 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 at accommodations@plaid.com.
- 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 (but not limited to) 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.
Nice to have
- Prior experience with data privacy, governance, or compliance systems (e.g., GDPR/CCPA deletion, data-use/consent enforcement, cataloging/classification, or auditing).
- We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences.
- We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description.
- Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company.
- 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.
Skills
- Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life.
- Plaid's network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe.
Compensation
- Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered.
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