Technical Recruiter
Plaid
People & HR, IT
United States
Posted on Oct 4, 2025
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.
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. You will design closing strategies, keep pipelines strong in partnership with sourcers, and share insights that help hiring teams make smarter, data-informed decisions. Most importantly, you will champion a candidate-first experience that reflects Plaid’s values at every touchpoint.
This is a high-volume and high-impact opportunity where your work will directly influence Plaid’s ability to grow its engineering organization and deliver on our mission.
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
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 with high-quality execution
- Experience coaching sourcers and guiding pipeline strategyComfort using data to drive decisions
- Experience in a client lead recruiting model (acting as the primary partner for a business unit or function)
- Exposure to scaling programmatic hiring efforts such as multi-role SWE pipelines
- Background in high-growth SaaS or fintech recruiting
Nice to have:
Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@plaid.com.