Staff Engineer, Clair

• 5+ years of experience building, launching, and maintaining scalable fintech products
• Demonstrated mastery in backend development is required. While proficiency with PHP/Laravel is preferred, candidates with experience in other backend languages and a proven ability to rapidly adapt to new technologies will be considered
• Proficiency in frontend development using React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), and Expo (React Native)
• 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

Desirable

• We are seeking a world-class Staff Engineer (Fullstack) 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 a 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
• Own and architect mission-critical financial applications, ensuring real-time, high-availability performance at scale
• Design highly scalable APIs that support millions of transactions, leveraging cutting-edge cloud infrastructure
• Lead high-performance engineering projects from conception to deployment, ensuring code quality, maintainability, and security
• 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