Engineering Manager - Supply & Traffic

The role

You will lead a team of 7 engineers to manage how data supply enters the network and how traffic to financial institutions is optimized. You will define long-term strategy and drive automation and AI/ML-powered approaches for data retrieval.

What you will do

• Lead a team of 7 engineers through goal setting, coaching, and feedback.
• Define and drive long-term strategy in partnership with technical and product leaders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify opportunities and shape the roadmap.
• Dive deep into technical design and execution details.
• Lead the transition of traffic management and optimization into the team in early 2027.
• Own the roadmap across charged access and first-party initiatives.
• Drive automation and AI/ML-powered approaches to discovering and retrieving data.
• Uphold a high bar for technical quality and delivery velocity.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience, including time as a Staff-level engineer before transitioning into management.
• 1+ years of engineering management experience.
• Deep experience designing scalable, reliable architectures that support real-world products at scale.
• Experience building or leading teams that ship ML- or AI-driven systems in production.
• Track record of building and growing high performing engineering teams.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)

About the company

Plaid builds tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create products. The company's network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe.