Staff Software Engineer - Online Storage
WFA Digital Insight
The demand for skilled software engineers in the fintech sector has surged, with a 25% growth in job postings over the last year. As companies like Plaid continue to innovate and expand their services, the need for experts who can build and scale reliable online storage systems has become critical. With its commitment to empowering financial transformation, Plaid offers a unique environment for engineers to make a significant impact. Before applying, candidates should be aware of the evolving landscape of storage technologies and the importance of security and performance optimization in this field.
Job Description
About the Role
The Staff Software Engineer position at Plaid is a key role in the company's mission to unlock financial freedom for all. As a member of the Online Storage team, you will be responsible for building and scaling the storage layer that backs Plaid's Core Data Models, used by all of engineering. Your work will have a direct impact on the reliability, scalability, and performance of Plaid's services, enabling thousands of developers to create innovative financial products. The Online Storage team is growing, and as a Staff Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to influence the strategy of the team and design, deploy, and scale the online storage platform at Plaid.The role requires a deep understanding of storage technologies, database performance optimization, and infrastructure management. You will work closely with stakeholder teams to understand their current and future storage requirements, improving the user experience and operation automations. With a strong focus on backend and platform systems, you will lead careful, reliability-focused migrations that minimize risk and ensure seamless transitions for dependent systems.
What You Will Do
- Build and scale systems to support large datasets and high-throughput workloads with strong performance and reliability guarantees
- Design and evolve resilient, distributed storage systems that operate reliably
- Navigate ambiguity and drive clarity across complex storage and infrastructure challenges
- Diagnose and resolve deeply technical issues within storage engines, including analyzing internal behavior and, when necessary, diving into source code
- Lead careful, reliability-focused migrations that minimize risk and ensure seamless transitions for dependent systems
- Build foundational storage capabilities that significantly reduce friction for product engineers, enabling teams to move faster and more confidently
- Optimize query performance and infrastructure cost
- Wield terraform and cloud resources with confidence and certainty
- Partner with stakeholder teams to understand their current and future storage requirements
- Improve the user experience that partner teams have interacting with the storage platform
What We Are Looking For
- Strong software engineering experience with a deep focus on backend and/or platform systems
- Deep expertise in storage technologies
- Experience deploying and orchestrating databases at scale
- Strong background in database performance optimization, preferably with SQL databases
- Experience designing and evolving storage platforms
- Infrastructure experience with tools such as Terraform and AWS
- Hands-on experience with databases such as TiDB, MySQL, or MongoDB
- Experience building internal tooling and automation to improve reliability and developer efficiency
Nice to Have
- Demonstrated curiosity about evolving storage technologies and performance optimization techniques
- Production experience with Go and TypeScript
- Experience applying security best practices in storage or infrastructure systems
Benefits and Perks
- Competitive compensation package
- Equity in a growing and innovative company
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Flexible PTO and remote work options
- Professional development opportunities
- Access to cutting-edge technologies and tools
- Collaboration with a talented and dedicated team
How to Stand Out
- When applying, highlight your experience with storage technologies and database performance optimization, and be prepared to discuss your approach to solving complex technical issues.
- Showcase your ability to design and evolve resilient, distributed storage systems, and explain how you have optimized query performance and infrastructure cost in previous roles.
- Emphasize your experience with cloud resources and infrastructure management tools like Terraform and AWS, and demonstrate your understanding of security best practices in storage or infrastructure systems.
- In your portfolio, include examples of your work in building internal tooling and automation to improve reliability and developer efficiency, and explain how you have improved the user experience for partner teams interacting with storage platforms.
- Prepare to discuss your approach to reliability-focused migrations and how you have ensured seamless transitions for dependent systems in previous roles.
- Familiarize yourself with Plaid's products and services, and be ready to discuss how your skills and experience align with the company's mission and goals.
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