Senior Backend Engineer, Clair
$124-147k
+ Equity
Wage advance service
Job no longer available
Wage advance service
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$124-147k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create financial freedom for America’s workforce.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with backend programming, particularly with PHP and the Laravel framework
- If you are an independent, self-motivated, and productive engineer, come join a stellar team of engineers to help shape the financial future of America’s workforce!
- At least 5 years experience building, launching and maintaining products at scale, both on the backend and frontend (ideally with experience at a venture-backed startup)
- Expertise with PHP and ideally at least 3 years working specifically with the Laravel framework
- Strong understanding of OOP principles and design patterns, database management systems, and RESTful API design
- Experience in front end technologies is a plus; we use Vue and React
- Grit and adaptability to thrive with an early-stage team and navigate the unknown
- You’re independent, self-motivated and can stay efficient and productive on multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
- Well-developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication with an ability to influence decisions
- Ability to periodically travel to team headquarters in New York City or other locations for team meetings and company on-sites
- Bonus: Experience on a B2B or fintech product development team
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team
- As a member of Clair’s tech team, you’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining critical components of all of Clair’s systems
- The code you develop will directly shape how millions of hourly workers unlock an untapped credit source: their earned wages
- We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who is excited to contribute to complex systems such as Clair’s lending program
- You have a sense for small details to help us build beautiful products that our customers love to use, and you are passionate about our client's mission and empathize with our users and how they'll use our products
- You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our web applications' server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front end and external systems
- Lead end-to-end design of product requirements and develop high-quality software that can be easily understood and leveraged by others
- Influence the features and direction of the platform with your own ideas and proactively identify opportunities to improve both business and product development processes
- Grow with the company as a technical leader, helping to shape our systems and culture by staying updated on latest industry trends and technologies
- Work cross-functionally and collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders
- Maintain and monitor software, conduct regular code reviews, and write detailed documentation to ensure reliability and best coding standards across our platform
Our take
Clair is a social impact fintech startup offering instant no-fee pay access, so that gig companies and HR tech can offer hourly workers cash advances on their earnings. It aims to both mitigate the risks taken on by workers in the growing gig economy, and help gig companies recruit and retain their workforce in a market characterized by fluctuating demand.
Clair secured a high level of funding from Thrive Capital, a big win given their reputation for funding and building game-changing fintech. This is a game that certainly looks set to change - with 80 million hourly workers and 60 million gig workers, this precariously positioned segment of the US workforce is both large and growing.
Mastercard, MetaBank, and Galileo have all thrown their weight behind Clair to provide the financial infrastructure that makes their payment model possible. Following the recent surge in the gig economy, Clair offers both an attractive and necessary tool to sustain the livelihoods of the people working in this sector.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2025
$23.2m
SERIES B
Jul 2023
$25m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $68.3m
Company benefits
- 100% Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage, with option to extend to your family
- Fully-paid parental leave
- Company-sponsored 401k, HSA, and FSA
- Unlimited vacation
- Work from home setup allowance
- Access to your earnings every day on Clair
- Company-sponsored short-term and long-term disability insurance
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Alex Kostecki
(Co-Founder, President & COO)Alex worked at Deloitte for 6 years, spending time in strategy and operations consulting before co-founding Clair.
Nico Simko
(Co-Founder & CEO)Nico worked in Fintech M&A at J.P. Morgan and is part of the Finance Council for Forbes.
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