
Senior Software Engineer – Backend
Plaid
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $165,600 - $248,400 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design & Development: Build and maintain backend services with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
- Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and efficient code.
- Testing & Debugging: Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues.
- Engage in hands-on coding and architectural design, setting and maintaining high technical standards for a high performing team.
- Grow the team via mentorship and leadership, reviewing technical documents and code changes
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with extensive experience in software engineering with a proven track record of shipping successful projects.
- Experience with MySQL or other relational databases
- Experience working with microservices.
- Excellent coding, testing, and system design skills.
- Prior experience with cross functional collaboration, communication and project management skills.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.
- Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
backend servicesMySQLmicroservicesautomated testscodingtestingsystem designperformancereliabilityscalability
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationproject managementleadershipmentorshiptroubleshootingcode reviewstakeholder engagementteam growthcross functional collaboration