DevOps Engineer, Clair
$138k
Offers equity
Wage advance service
Be an early applicant
Wage advance service
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$138k
Offers equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create financial freedom for America’s workforce.
Role
Who you are
- If you are a problem solver who thrives on automation, securing complex infrastructure, and building scalable, reliable systems that power high-performance applications, you’ll love working with us
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Strong expertise in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and automation
- Strong security mindset
- Strong coding background; must be willing to learn/work with our PHP/Laravel stack
- Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases (any database experience is okay)
- Ability to manage infrastructure for AI/ML/Data Science workloads
Desirable
- Experience handling compliance audits (e.g., SOC2, PCI DSS)
- Experience working in a fast paced startup environment
- Ability to periodically travel for team headquarters meetings and company on-sites
What the job involves
- We are seeking a DevOps Engineer who thrives on solving high-impact, complex infrastructure and automation problems
- You will own critical system architecture, drive infrastructure reliability, and build at scale
- Your work will directly enable millions of hourly workers to access financial freedom by ensuring our platform remains secure, performant, and highly available
- 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
- Architect, automate, and manage our cloud infrastructure using Terraform
- Oversee the reliability, performance, and monitoring of our systems using self-hosted Grafana, Sentry, and Laravel Nightwatch
- Manage infrastructure and specialized environments for AI, data science, and ML workloads
- Drive security and compliance efforts, including helping with SOC2 and PCI DSS audits and implementing technical controls
- Develop and maintain internal tools to support cross-functional teams
- Manage AI integrations and internal AI tools
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 two rounds 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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