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CLEAR
Full time
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USA
09/23/2026
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New York, NY

Responsibilities

Design, build, test, and deploy scalable applications for CLEAR’s identity platform.
Own projects from technical discovery and architecture through implementation, rollout, adoption, and operational support.
Partner with Product, Design, Data, Security, and Operations to develop scalable technical solutions.
Design for failure modes, system dependencies, degradation strategies, recovery paths, and scale-related risks.
Build test strategies, observability, alerting, safe rollouts, rollback plans, and ongoing system health monitoring into system designs.
Drive technical direction, reusable standards, engineering best practices, architectural improvements, platform scalability, security, and maintainability across teams.
Conduct code reviews and design reviews, communicate tradeoffs, build alignment, and provide constructive feedback.
Mentor and develop engineers while identifying opportunities, influencing the roadmap, and driving improvements through completion.

Requirements

At least 9 years of professional software engineering experience building production applications with technologies such as Python, React, and TypeScript.
Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and modern software architecture.
Experience building and operating cloud-native applications using AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines.
Demonstrated experience owning complex cross-functional projects from conception through production.
Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to operate in ambiguous environments, make thoughtful tradeoffs, and independently drive work forward.
Collaborative approach with an interest in mentoring, improving engineering practices, and delivering measurable customer and business impact.

Benefits

Bright, energetic offices with open-concept workspaces, conference rooms, and casual co-working spaces.
Catered lunches every day and fully stocked kitchens.
Well-being and learning and development stipends and reimbursement programs.
Comprehensive healthcare plans, family-building benefits, flexible time off, an annual wellness stipend, One Medical memberships, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
The role is onsite.
The hiring process typically takes about three weeks and includes a recruiter call, Zoom technical screen, onsite panel interviews, final manager conversations, and an offer.

CLEAR

CLEAR builds a biometric identity platform used to verify people quickly at airports, stadiums, and online. It sells CLEAR Plus consumer subscriptions for expedited airport security and provides enterprise identity, age verification, and digital ID services to partners in travel, healthcare, and ...

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