Engineering Manager - Consumer

The role

You will lead roughly ten engineers through a transformation to build a single onboarding platform for Plaid's products. You will partner with technical and product leaders to set direction, manage team execution, and grow engineers through coaching and feedback.

What you will do

• Set team strategy and the technical roadmap in partnership with the Tech Lead
• Drive team execution including planning, sprints, and delivery
• Hold a high technical bar through hands-on involvement in design and code review
• Hire, manage, and develop a team of engineers
• Perform goal setting, coaching, feedback, and performance management
• Partner with Product, Design, and engineering teams to define clear interfaces
• Keep Link reliable and healthy through the transition

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer
• Track record of designing and shipping complex, scalable systems
• 2+ years managing engineers, including coaching, performance management, and building a team
• Strong technical depth in architecture and design details
• Strong user empathy and the ability to balance technical tradeoffs with product outcomes

Nice to have

• experience building consumer-facing products
• product led growth (PLG) dev tools

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)

About the company

Plaid's mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. Plaid builds products like Link that connect people's financial accounts to apps and services.