Software Engineer, Backend

Plaid Financial

New York, NY · Posted November 1, 2026

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Where New York, NY ranks

Where New York, NY placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#1Best cities for operations jobs1,429 openings · of 100
#1Best cities for sales jobs2,774 openings · of 78
#1Best cities for finance jobs1,932 openings · of 78
#1Best cities for data and analytics jobs1,713 openings · of 58
#1Best cities for HR jobs994 openings · of 30
#1Best cities for marketing jobs1,754 openings · of 31

Rankings about engineering jobs

Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)

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Pay compared with the market

This listing does not state pay. Across 784 open software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $152,500 to $250,000 and the median is $195,000.

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How AI is used in this kind of work

Among software developers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for software developers: 29% (some).

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About the job

...mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone by making money movement and access to financial data simple and secure. As a Software Engineer, you will design and build the systems that power how millions of people connect to their finances. You will work across the...