Senior Engineer, Operations

Overview

If you can send your friends money in seconds, why does it still take your employer two weeks to send your paycheck?

At Clair, we are on a mission to create financial freedom for America's workers by giving them a digital banking platform that allows them to get paid as soon as they clock out of work. But we're not just another digital bank or on-demand pay provider. We meet Americans at their place of work by embedding our products within the scheduling, workforce management, and payroll apps they already use every day.

Learn more about us at getclair.com/about

Who We Are Looking For

We are seeking a Senior Engineer who thrives on solving high-impact, complex problems . You will own critical system architecture , shape the future of real-time financial transactions , and build at massive scale . Your work will directly enable millions of hourly workers to access financial freedom.

We operate at the intersection of fintech, embedded finance, and real-time payroll systems —building products that handle millions of transactions with sub-second performance.

If you are a problem solver who loves technical challenges , is passionate about performance optimization, security, and scalable architecture , and wants to influence key product decisions , you’ll love working with us.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain and develop new features for mission-critical applications, ensuring real-time, high-availability performance at scale.
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather requirements for new tools and platforms, and implement solutions that streamline daily operations.
• Design highly scalable APIs that support millions of transactions, leveraging cutting-edge cloud infrastructure.
• Optimize transaction processing systems to ensure instant payments and sub-millisecond response times.
• Make key architectural decisions to scale our on-demand pay and embedded finance solutions.
• Set the engineering bar high by leading performance optimizations, security improvements, and system reliability enhancements.
• Work alongside top engineers in a fast-paced, high-impact environment where decisions directly impact millions of users.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building, launching, and maintaining scalable fintech products.
• Demonstrated mastery in Laravel is required.
• Experience with Vue.js or similar frontend frameworks
• Appreciation for beautiful, clear code and great developer experience
• Ability to prototype, develop, and ship entire application features
• Take responsibility for the reliability of your code by incorporating robust, automated testing practices.
• Product oriented with a razor sharp attention to detail
• Thrive in an all-remote working environment with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical topics via Slack and other asynchronous tools
• Experience with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and navigate uncertainty.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with an ability to influence decisions.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience working with financial technology platforms and payroll systems.
• Specific experience in lending, payments, BNPL, ACH, etc is highly valued.
• Ability to periodically travel for team headquarters meetings and company on-sites.

Why Join Us?

• Massive impact: Your work will empower millions of workers to access their wages instantly.
• Challenging, meaningful work: We are solving hard fintech problems at scale.
• Autonomy & ownership: Engineers own features end-to-end and influence architecture and product decisions.
• Top-tier teammates: Work with elite engineers who are passionate about high-performance, scalable systems.
• Fast-moving culture: We prioritize execution, technical excellence, and customer impact.
• Growth opportunities: Lead projects, mentor others, and grow into a Principal or Staff Engineer.
• Flexible work & perks: Competitive salary, equity, unlimited PTO, conference stipends, and top-tier benefits.

Location Options

• Fully remote.

Compensation

• Senior Engineer I: Annual base salary of $124,000 - $134,000 .
• Senior Engineer II: Annual base salary of $137,000 - $147,000 .

The actual base pay within this range depends on many factors, such as education, skills, and experience. Base pay is only one part of our competitive total compensation package, which includes benefits, perks, and equity . The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Need more convincing?

Apart from getting to work with our incredible team, here are some of the benefits you can expect when you join Clair:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage, with option to extend to your family
• Fully-paid parental leave
• Company-sponsored 401k, HSA, and FSA
• Unlimited vacation for salaried roles, generous PTO for hourly roles
• Work from home setup allowance
• Access to your earnings every day on Clair
• Company-sponsored short-term and long-term disability insurance

Equal Opportunity Employer Information

Clair is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We actively seek a diverse applicant pool and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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