Staff Software Engineer, CLEAR
$325-500k
+ Annual bonus incentive + New hire equity package (in Restricted Stock Units)
5 days a week in office
Secure identity company making experiences safer & easier
Be an early applicant
Secure identity company making experiences safer & easier
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$325-500k
+ Annual bonus incentive + New hire equity package (in Restricted Stock Units)
5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To strengthen security and create frictionless experiences.
Role
Who you are
- 9+ years of professional software engineering experience building production applications using technologies such as Python, React, and TypeScript
- Strong technical fundamentals across distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and modern software architecture
- Experience building and operating cloud-native applications using AWS and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines
- A demonstrated history of owning complex, cross-functional projects and driving them from idea to production with a bias for action
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments, making thoughtful tradeoffs, and independently driving work forward
- A collaborative mindset with a passion for mentoring others, continuously improving engineering practices, and building products that deliver measurable customer and business impact
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help build the next generation of CLEAR's enterprise identity platform, CLEAR1
- We’re creating frictionless identity solutions for some of the most sophisticated companies in the world and pushing the boundaries everywhere we go
- As a Staff Engineer, you’ll own high-impact, cross-functional products and integrations end to end from problem framing and architecture through implementation, rollout, adoption, and measurable outcomes
- This is an ideal role for someone who thrives in scrappy, ambiguous environments, while bringing the technical rigor and operating discipline developed at larger companies
- You’ll partner across teams, establish reusable patterns and standards, improve reliability and execution, influence technical direction, and mentor other engineers
- Design, build, test, and deploy scalable applications that power CLEAR’s identity platform
- Own projects end to end—from technical discovery and architecture through implementation, rollout, adoption, and operational support
- Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, Security, and Operations to translate business problems into simple, scalable technical solutions
- Design for reality by understanding failure modes, system dependencies, degradation strategies, recovery paths, and the points where systems may break under scale
- Build quality and operability into the design from the start, including test strategy, observability, alerting, safe rollouts, rollback plans, and ongoing system health monitoring
- Drive technical direction and engineering best practices across teams by identifying architectural opportunities, reducing technical debt, and improving platform scalability, security, and maintainability
- Introduce the right level of rigor without adding unnecessary process, helping teams make clearer decisions and execute with greater confidence
- Bring others along by communicating tradeoffs clearly, inviting diverse perspectives, building alignment, and turning good ideas into shared decisions and action
- Raise the bar for engineering quality through thoughtful code reviews, design reviews, technical collaboration, and direct, constructive feedback
- Mentor and develop teammates, helping them become stronger engineers and more effective owners of their work
- Take ownership beyond implementation by proactively identifying opportunities, influencing the roadmap, driving improvements through completion, and remaining accountable for outcomes
Application process
- We keep a swift process with shorter timelines that make the best use of everyone’s time. Our process is usually completed in about 3 weeks. Here’s what you can expect:
- Recruiter Call → Zoom Technical Screen → Onsite Panel Interviews → Final Manager Conversations → Offer
Our take
Waiting in a security line is something everybody could do without before a long flight – and this unpleasant scenario is what CLEAR allows its millions of members to avoid. The company creates a single touchless ID based on a user’s biometrics, such as their eyes and face, enabling quick identity verification and frictionless travel.
CLEAR continues to develop its product, and is now moving beyond airports into office buildings, restaurants, and stadiums. The technology has already been used by several sports and entertainment partners, including multiple NBA teams and in the Super Bowl.
The company went public on the NYSE in June 2021 following a strategic funding round of $100M, which is being invested into accelerating the company's growth whilst expanding its offerings. Its technology is now being used for age verification, virtual queuing, and checking in.
Steph
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Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2021
$100m
LATE VC
Apr 2017
$15m
LATE VC
Total funding: $135m
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Caryn Seidman Becker
(Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman)Prior to CLEAR, they created the Arience Foundation and The Happy Elephant Foundation which support charter schools, cancer research, child wellness, and the New York City community. They sit on the Board of Directors of Mt. Sinai Children's Center and the Young Women's Leadership Network.
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