Samir Naik is Head of Engineering at Plaid. He has worn many hats throughout his years at Plaid across Engineering and Product, from playing a GM role for the core business to bootstrapping scrappy teams on emerging products. As the first external engineering manager hire in 2017, he's been instrumental in building Plaid’s engineering function from the ground up. Previously, Samir led teams at Dropbox, Zynga, and Disney.