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Senior Engineer, Operations

Clair is a fintech company building embedded, real-time payroll and banking solutions that let workers access earned wages instantly. We are seeking a Senior Engineer who will own critical system architecture and build high-performance, highly available transaction systems used by millions of hourly workers.

Skills

  • Mastery of Laravel for backend development
  • Experience with Vue.js or similar frontend frameworks
  • Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
  • Designing and building scalable APIs and cloud-native services
  • Performance optimization for high-throughput, low-latency transactions
  • Automated testing and strong engineering QA practices
  • Security best practices for fintech systems
  • Excellent async communication and collaboration in remote environments

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and develop mission-critical applications to ensure real-time, high-availability performance at scale
  • Design and implement highly scalable APIs to support millions of transactions
  • Optimize transaction processing for instant payments with sub-millisecond/sub-second response targets
  • Make architectural decisions for on-demand pay and embedded finance solutions
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and build operational tools and platforms
  • Improve system reliability, security, and performance through testing and monitoring
  • Prototype, develop, and ship end-to-end application features

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field OR equivalent practical experience
  • Comfort with continuing professional learning and applied technical best practices

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary with equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage (option to extend to family)
  • Fully-paid parental leave
  • Company-sponsored 401(k), HSA, and FSA
  • Unlimited vacation for salaried roles and generous PTO for hourly roles
  • Work-from-home setup allowance
  • Company-sponsored short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Conference stipends and growth opportunities
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