Engineering Manager, CLEAR
Infrastructure
$275-350k
OTE
Salary inclusive of bonus & equity
5 days a week in office
Secure identity company making experiences safer & easier
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Secure identity company making experiences safer & easier
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$275-350k
OTE
Salary inclusive of bonus & equity
5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To strengthen security and create frictionless experiences.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a strategically-minded, technology-focused, and customer-centric Engineering Manager to lead one of our Infrastructure teams here
- A successful candidate brings strong experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and operational excellence, along with a solid foundation in software engineering
- You are an effective communicator who can lead complex infrastructure initiatives from inception through delivery, and thrive in fast-paced environments
- 3+ years of experience managing and developing software engineers, with strong coaching and team leadership skills
- Strong experience with CI/CD systems, infrastructure automation, and release engineering
- Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and distributed systems architecture
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale
- Experience designing for high availability, fault tolerance, and operational resilience
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, and or Java) and solid software engineering fundamentals
- Experience with observability tooling (monitoring, logging, tracing) and incident management practices
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence teams to adopt infrastructure and operational best practices
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Curious, proactive, and committed to continuous learning and improvement
What the job involves
- You will lead a team responsible for building, operating, and scaling the cloud infrastructure and platform systems that underpin CLEAR’s services, ensuring reliability, performance, and security across our environments
- This role requires a focus on building resilient, scalable systems, driving automation, and leading and developing high-performing engineering teams
- Hire, develop, and grow engineering talent through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development planning
- Set clear goals and expectations, provide regular feedback, and foster accountability across the team
- Own and execute the roadmap for cloud infrastructure and platform engineering, and reliability initiatives
- Design, build, and operate a scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platform infrastructure
- Drive automation across infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operations to improve efficiency and reduce manual overhead
- Establish and enforce best practices for system reliability, observability, incident response, and disaster recovery
- Partner with engineering teams to improve deployment pipelines, service operability, and production readiness
- Provide technical leadership, making clear architectural decisions and communicating trade-offs, risks, and impacts
- Own operational excellence through metrics, SLAs/SLOs, and continuous improvement of system performance, reliability, and cost
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.
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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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