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Plaid salaries

Plaid Inc. is an American financial services company based in San Francisco, California.

41 posted ranges · median $227k · H-1B median $232k (24 filings)

Job board

By title

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

Software Engineer$227kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.H-1B $225kMachine Learning Engineer$272kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.H-1B $281kEngineering Manager$272kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.H-1B $303kData Scientist$227kUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.H-1B $228kSecurity Engineer$216kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.H-1B $214kAI Engineer$274kA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.Site Reliability Engineer$241kKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.Data Engineer$215kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.H-1B $242kPlatform Engineer$215kBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.Analytics Engineer$186kModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.
TitlePosted
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$227k$191k to $263k
Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.$272k$229k to $315k
Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.$272k$216k to $328k
Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.$227k$191k to $263k
Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.$216k$189k to $243k
AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.$208k to $340kone posting
Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.$208k to $274kone posting
Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.$191k to $239kone posting
Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.$191k to $239kone posting
Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.$157k to $215kone posting

Posted ranges

Not stated$212k to $272k

Machine Learning Engineer - Lendscore

Machine Learning Engineer · New York City

seen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $239k

Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Network Infrastructure

Platform Engineer · New York City

seen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$176k to $227k

Data Scientist - Credit (Retros)

Data Scientist · New York City

seen Nov 4Posting ↗
Manager$216k to $329k

Engineering Manager - Consumer

Engineering Manager · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Oct 28Posting ↗
Senior$190k to $263k

Senior Product Security Engineer

Security Engineer · Seattle area

seen Oct 21Posting ↗
Senior$157k to $215k

Senior Analytics Engineer

Analytics Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Oct 21Posting ↗
Manager$216k to $291k

Engineering Manager - Network Health

Engineering Manager · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Oct 14Posting ↗
Staff$208k to $274k

Staff Software Engineer - Credit Insights

Software Engineer · New York City

seen Oct 14Posting ↗
Staff$249k to $368k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI

Machine Learning Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$279k to $362k

Engineering Manager, AI Applications

Engineering Manager · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$208k to $340k

Staff Software Engineer - AI & Intelligent Tooling

AI Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$216k to $329k

Data Science Manager - Fraud

Data Scientist · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$216k to $328k

Engineering Manager - Dashboard Foundations

Engineering Manager · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$229k to $315k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Embedded Insights

Machine Learning Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$229k to $315k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Infra/Ops - Fraud

Machine Learning Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$229k to $315k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - Fraud

Machine Learning Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$229k to $315k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud

Machine Learning Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$216k to $291k

Engineering Manager - Supply & Traffic

Engineering Manager · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$204k to $281k

Senior Software Engineer - Product Security

Software Engineer · Seattle area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$208k to $274k

Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Release Engineering

Site Reliability Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$208k to $274k

Staff Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$208k to $274k

Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $263k

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $263k

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Software Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $263k

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Software Engineer · Seattle area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $263k

Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $263k

Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Software Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $263k

Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Software Engineer · Seattle area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $263k

Senior Data Scientist - Network Value (Credit)

Data Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $263k

Senior Data Scientist - Embedded Insights

Data Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$176k to $244k

Software Engineer, Full Stack

Software Engineer · Seattle area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$189k to $243k

Software Engineer - Security Engineering

Software Engineer · Seattle area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$189k to $243k

AI Security Engineer

Security Engineer · Seattle area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $239k

Senior Data Engineer

Data Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$176k to $227k

Software Engineer, Backend

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$176k to $227k

Software Engineer, Full Stack

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$176k to $227k

Software Engineer, Backend

Software Engineer · Seattle area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$176k to $227k

Software Engineer, Backend

Software Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$176k to $227k

Software Engineer, Full Stack

Software Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$176k to $227k

Data Scientist - Fraud

Data Scientist · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$156k to $214k

Security Engineer, GRC

Security Engineer · Remote (US)

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
PostingRange
Machine Learning Engineer - Lendscore (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedNew York City$212kto $272k
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Network Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Platform EngineerSeniorNew York City$191kto $239k
Data Scientist - Credit (Retros) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistNot statedNew York City$176kto $227k
Engineering Manager - Consumer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $329k
Senior Product Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerSeniorSeattle area$190kto $263k
Senior Analytics Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Analytics EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$157kto $215k
Engineering Manager - Network Health (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $291k
Staff Software Engineer - Credit Insights (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffNew York City$208kto $274k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$249kto $368k
Engineering Manager, AI Applications (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$279kto $362k
Staff Software Engineer - AI & Intelligent Tooling (the posting, opens in a new tab)AI EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$208kto $340k
Data Science Manager - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistManagerNew York City$216kto $329k
Engineering Manager - Dashboard Foundations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $328k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Embedded Insights (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorNew York City$229kto $315k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Infra/Ops - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorNew York City$229kto $315k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorNew York City$229kto $315k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$229kto $315k
Engineering Manager - Supply & Traffic (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerNew York City$216kto $291k
Senior Software Engineer - Product Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSeattle area$204kto $281k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Release Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)Site Reliability EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$208kto $274k
Staff Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$208kto $274k
Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$208kto $274k
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$191kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorNew York City$191kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSeattle area$191kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$191kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorNew York City$191kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSeattle area$191kto $263k
Senior Data Scientist - Network Value (Credit) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$191kto $263k
Senior Data Scientist - Embedded Insights (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$191kto $263k
Software Engineer, Full Stack (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSeattle area$176kto $244k
Software Engineer - Security Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSeattle area$189kto $243k
AI Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedSeattle area$189kto $243k
Senior Data Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$191kto $239k
Software Engineer, Backend (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$176kto $227k
Software Engineer, Full Stack (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$176kto $227k
Software Engineer, Backend (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSeattle area$176kto $227k
Software Engineer, Backend (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedNew York City$176kto $227k
Software Engineer, Full Stack (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedNew York City$176kto $227k
Data Scientist - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistNot statedNew York City$176kto $227k
Security Engineer, GRC (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedRemote (US)$156kto $214k
About

Plaid Inc. is an American financial services company based in San Francisco, California. The company builds a data transfer network that powers fintech and digital finance products. Source

Job board: Ashby (jobs.ashbyhq.com/plaid). Robots check on 2026-11-04: robots.txt allows careers and jobs paths (16 other paths disallowed).

By level

LevelPostedH-1B
Senior17 posted$227k$191k to $263k$242k5 filings
Staff6 posted$241k$208k to $274kFew1 filing
Manager6 posted$272k$216k to $329k$303k3 filings
Not stated12 posted$202k$176k to $227k$225k15 filings

H-1B wages by title

Software Engineer$225kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.Data Scientist$228kUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.Engineering Manager$303kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.Machine Learning Engineer$281kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.Security Engineer$214kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Data Engineer$242kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.
TitleH-1B
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$225k12 filings
Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.$228k4 filings
Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.$303k3 filings
Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.$281k3 filings
Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Few1 filing
Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.Few1 filing

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q13$242k
FY2025 Q211$225k
FY2025 Q310$255k
FY2025 Q41$214k
FY2026 Q11$321k
FY2026 Q28$233k
FY2026 Q314$232k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 2138$227k
Oct 536$227k
Oct 1237$227k
Oct 1938$227k
Oct 2638$227k
Nov 241$227k

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