# Software Engineer, Full Stack

**Company:** [Plaid](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/plaid)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $176k – $244k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, Node.js, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Microservices, API Design
**Posted:** 2026-05-04

> Build scalable backend APIs and services (60-70%) alongside intuitive frontend experiences (30-40%) for financial connection tools used by millions. Requires 2-4 years full-stack experience with JavaScript, Python/Java/Go/Node.js, MySQL, microservices, and API design.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain both frontend and backend components
- **Majority Backend Focus (60-70%)**: Develop APIs and services, focusing on scalability, security and performance
- **Frontend Focus (30-40%)**: Build delightful experiences using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries
- Work closely with product managers, product designers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features
- Write clean, maintainable and efficient code
- Develop automated tests; troubleshoot and resolve issues

## Qualifications
- 2-4 years of experience in full-stack development
- Working knowledge of **HTML, CSS, JavaScript** and modern frameworks and libraries
- Working knowledge of one or more programming languages such as **Python, Java, Go, or Node.js**
- Experience with **MySQL** or other relational databases
- Experience working with **microservices**
- Experience with **API design**
- Excellent coding and testing skills
- High ownership and customer empathy

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