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Fintech

Plaid is hiring. 169 roles open right now.

Scoutify monitors Plaid's career page directly and notifies you within minutes when a new role goes live, hours before it hits LinkedIn or Indeed.

HQSan Francisco, CA
Founded2013
Employees1,500+
Posted (30d)36

INTERVIEW PREP

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[01] HIRING NOW

Live from their career page.

Numbers refresh daily. Every role tracked here was pulled straight from Plaid's ATS, not an aggregator.

Open roles

169

Posted (30d)

36

+24.1% vs prior

Posted (7d)

9

Posted range

$164K – 232K

Base, from posted ranges

Most-hired roles · last 90 days

Visual Designer
3 roles
Recruiting Manager
3 roles
GTM Operations Associate
2 roles
Product Manager - Europe
2 roles
Web Marketing Lead
2 roles

[02] HIRING PULSE

Plaid's hiring pulse.

We re-scan Plaid's career page every few minutes and keep the full posting history, so these counts come from the board itself, not an aggregator.

Steady9 postings this week vs a baseline of 6.0/week

Posted (7d)

9

Posted (30d)

35

Posted (90d)

77

Scanned every few minutes · newest tracked posting May 22, 2026

[03] COMPENSATION

What Plaid pays.

Generally strong but below quant and big tech. Senior engineers might see $250K to $400K total comp at top fintechs.

Concrete perks mentioned in job postings

  • 401(k)
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • equity

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[04] IN THEIR OWN WORDS

How Plaid pitches itself.

Turn data into revolutionary financial products

Plaid helps all companies build fintech solutions by making it easy, safe and reliable for people to connect their financial data to apps and services.

Source: plaid.com

[05] VISA SPONSORSHIP

U.S.-only hiring history.

Plaid has no H-1B petition history we can find.

No H1B sponsorship history

Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. Classifications: yes (5+ approvals), conditional (1-4), no (0).

[06] WHERE THEY'RE HIRING

The cities Plaid is hiring in.

Every active role mapped to its posted city. Use this to gauge whether Plaidis actually hiring where you live, or skewed somewhere you'd need to relocate.

Top cities by open roles

San Francisco, California
50 roles
London, England, GB
19 roles
New York City, New York
15 roles
Amsterdam, North Holland, NL
13 roles
Washington, District of Columbia
5 roles
Seattle, Washington
3 roles
Raleigh, North Carolina
1 role

Remote: 7 positions

[07] OFFICES

Where Plaid works.

Plaid office locations

© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap

Headquartered at 1098 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94103. We've mapped 2 Plaid offices across 1 city, so you know where you'd report before you apply.

Office data © OpenStreetMap contributors

[08] LAYOFF HISTORY

What past rounds looked like.

Plaid has had 1 reported layoff round on public record since 2020. We list these because candidates routinely tell us they wish they had known before applying. Context, not a verdict.

Reported rounds

1

Headcount cut

260

Most recent

Dec 7, 2022

260 roles (~20% of staff)

Source

Source: Layoffs.fyi, public record

[10] KEY FACTS

Founded

2013

Data: Wikidata (CC0) · Q30610132

[11] ABOUT

What Plaid does, and who fits.

Plaid provides tools for developers to connect financial accounts to apps.

Plaid empowers developers by providing a network that connects over 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe. We enable companies like Venmo and SoFi to create products that help millions of people manage their finances more effectively.

Founded

2013

HQ

San Francisco

Founder

Employees

Source: Wikidata · QID Q30610132

[12] AT PLAID

The honest take.

Plaid fosters a collaborative and innovative work environment focused on diversity and inclusion.

WORK-LIFE

Work-life balance

Varies by company stage and role. Growth-stage fintechs can be intense.

WHO THRIVES

Who thrives here

People who want tech culture but with more tangible impact than ads or social media.

WATCH OUT

Things to watch

Regulatory risk can kill products or companies. Compliance requirements add friction to development.

[13] SECURITY PROGRAM

Plaid accepts vulnerability reports.

A public bug bounty signals that Plaid treats outside security researchers as collaborators, not threats. Coordinated disclosure happens through the channel below.

[14] CAREER GROWTH

Where Plaid takes you next.

Fintech experience opens doors in both traditional finance and tech.

[15] INTERVIEW PREP

Going through their loop?

We collect real questions reported by candidates plus likely questions inferred from Plaid's open roles. Skim the process, prep the questions, save the timing for actually applying.

[16] HOW TO APPLY

Your resume lands in Ashby.

Plaid uses Ashby as their applicant tracking system. When you apply, your resume drops directly into their Ashby pipeline where recruiters review candidates in arrival order.

Scoutify watches Plaid's career page continuously. New openings show up here within minutes of posting. Early applicants get more attention because most recruiters review applications in the order they arrive.

Auto-apply currently covers Greenhouse, Workday, and SmartRecruiters. For Ashby boards like Plaid's, Scoutify sends the posting to you in real time so you can be one of the first applications in.

ATS identified from the application URLs on Plaid's recent postings

[19] FAQ

Questions people ask about Plaid.

Not covered here? Email support@scoutify.com.

Does Plaid sponsor H1B visas?

Yes, Plaid does sponsor H1B visas for international candidates. This allows you to apply for positions at Plaid even if you are not currently authorized to work in the United States. However, it's important to ensure that the role you are applying for is eligible for sponsorship, as not all positions may qualify.

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