Technical Recruiter

About Plaid

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.

Job Summary

Our Technical Recruiting team builds the teams that build Plaid. We partner with leaders across Engineering, Product, Design, Data, and Security to deliver thoughtful, candidate-first processes and continually raise the bar for how we scale. We are hiring a Technical Recruiter to support GenSWE, Plaid’s programmatic approach to software engineering hiring. GenSWE drives the majority of Plaid’s engineering growth and is one of our highest-impact recruiting efforts. In this role, you will partner closely with engineering leaders to guide candidates through the most critical stage of the hiring process, from final interviews through close.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-of-cycle recruiting process for software engineering roles, ensuring a seamless candidate experience from final interview through offer close
• Build trust and alignment with engineering managers as a key recruiting partner
• Partner with sourcers to guide sourcing strategy and ensure pipeline health
• Bring candidate and market insights to help engineering leaders make smarter hiring decisions
• Ensure consistent stakeholder communication and a high-quality candidate experience
• Contribute to the continued growth of GenSWE, ensuring it scales while remaining predictable, efficient, and candidate-first

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of recruiting software engineers in fast-paced environments
• Proven experience running late-stage recruiting cycles
• Strong closing skills with the ability to craft and execute candidate-first strategies to win top talent
• Trusted partner to engineering managers and leaders; able to influence decisions with confidence
• Skilled at balancing high-volume recruiting