Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance

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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
• ▹Partner with Legal, Privacy, Security, and product-engineering teams to shape requirements and unblock adoption of governance controls
• ▹Mentor engineers and level up the team's technical judgment; act as a technical point of contact for governance concerns raised by other teams

Requirements

• ▹Extensive experience (typically 8+ years) building and operating backend distributed systems at scale, in a language like Go or Java
• ▹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 judgment to reason about correctness and failure modes
• ▹Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous requirements into clear technical plans and align multiple stakeholders
• ▹Excellent written and verbal communication, including working effectively with non-engineering partners (legal, privacy, compliance)

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)

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus a 401(k) plan
• ▹Additional compensation in the form of equity and/or commission depending on the role

About the company

Plaid believes the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the coming years. It builds the tools and experiences used by thousands of developers to create their own products, with a network covering 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe. Founded in 2013, Plaid is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London, and Amsterdam.