Staff Senior Engineer
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Job Location:
Mexico City - Mexico
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Ready to accelerate your career
Clara is the fastest-growing company in Latin America. Weve built the leading solution for companies to make and manage all their payments. We already help over 20000 large and growing businesses operate with agility and financial clarity through locally issued corporate cards bill pay financing and a powerful B2B platform built for scale.
Clara is backed by some of the most successful investors in the world including top regional VCs like monashees Kaszek and Canary and leading global funds like Notable Capital Coatue DST Global Partners ICONIQ Growth General Catalyst Citi Ventures SV Angel Citius Endeavor Catalyst and Goldman Sachs - in addition to dozens of angel investors and local family offices.
Were building the financial infrastructure that powers high-performing organizations across the region. We invite you to join us if you want to be part of a fast-paced environment that will accelerate your career and support you to do some of the best work of your life alongside a passionate and committed team distributed across the Americas.
What youll do
Staff/Senior Engineer
Were looking for a Staff/Senior Engineer to lead the evolution of Claras backend systems and help scale our platform across Latin America. You will combine hands-on development with technical leadership to shape the engineering culture and systems behind Claras financial products.
In this role you will:
- Guide architecture and design decisions for scalable secure and reliable backend services
- Write high-quality maintainable code and set best practices for the engineering team
- Mentor and support the professional growth of mid- and senior-level engineers
- Collaborate closely with Product Design and Data to define and deliver end-to-end solutions
- Lead technical planning code reviews and project prioritization with a focus on long-term impact
- Champion engineering excellence and foster a culture of ownership continuous improvement and knowledge sharing
- Identify and reduce tech debt to improve system performance and team productivity
- Drive adoption of tools and practices that support speed and quality (e.g. CI/CD Github observability)
- Stay close to the product to deeply understand customer needs and ensure backend systems meet business goals
Who you are
Were looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role.
Must haves:
- 7 years of backend software development experience including 12 years in a tech lead or staff-level role
- Strong software architecture and system design expertise
- Proven ability to lead through influence not hierarchy
- Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (preferably Java) with deep understanding of modern frameworks and development patterns.
- Experience mentoring engineers and elevating team performance
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and data modeling
- Strong AI early adoption at all levels of development including the ability to design code review and deploy full-stack applications into Claras workflows transforming ambiguous ideas into functional tools accelerating the software construction speed
- Working proficiency in English and Portuguese
- Experience or interest in AI tools to automate workflows
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
Nice to haves:
- Experience with AWS Metabase or Databricks
- Exposure to SQL or Python for backend or data use cases
- Experience in fintech payments or credit infrastructure
- Basic proficiency in Spanish or a desire to learn it
- A good sense of humor
Why join Clara
At Clara youll have the autonomy speed and support to make meaningful impact not just on your team but on how organizations are run across Latin America.
Who we are
Were the leading B2B fintech for spend management in Latin America.
Certified as one of the worlds fastest-growing companies a Great Place to Work and a LinkedIn Top Startup.
Passionate about making Latin America more prosperous and competitive.
Constantly innovating to build financial infrastructure that enables each of our customers to thrive.
Product-led high-talent-density culture designed for builders who raise the bar.
Proud of our open inclusive and values-driven environment.
What we believe in
#Clarity. We say things clearly directly and proactively.
#Simplicity. We reduce noise to focus on what really matters.
#Ownership. We take responsibility and never wait to be told.
#Pride. We build products and experiences were proud of.
#Always Be Changing (ABC). We grow through feedback risk-taking and action.
#Inclusivity. Every voice counts. Everyone contributes to our mission.
What we offer
Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one
Multicultural team with daily exposure to Portuguese Spanish and English (our corporate language)
Annual learning budget and internal accelerated development paths
High-ownership environment: we move fast learn fast and raise the bar together
Smart ambitious teammates low ego high impact
Flexible vacation and hybrid work model focused on results
If youre ready for growth ownership and impact apply now and help us redefine B2B finance in Latin America.
Claras Hybrid Policy
Claridians in a hybrid mode split their time between working from the office talking to or visiting customers or working from home. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for each individual and team.
We dont enforce a minimum number of days for most roles but youre expected to spend time at the office organically and be at the office most days during your ramp-up or when required by your leader.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
About Company
The most complete solution for your company's expense management. Control spends with Clara's Corporate Credit Card and Management Platform.
