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Clera

Backend Engineer

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About this role

Backend engineer role at a fintech startup building compliance and identity infrastructure. You'll design scalable, production-grade systems in regulated environments while shaping engineering practices on a senior, distributed team.

What you'll do

  • Design and build clean, testable, and efficient backend systems
  • Architect scalable APIs and infrastructure for high-trust, regulated environments
  • Lead complex product challenges through deep technical analysis and systems thinking
  • Establish and maintain high standards for testing, quality, and long-term maintainability
  • Shape engineering practices and technical culture through hands-on collaboration
  • Deploy and manage applications in containerized or cloud environments

What they're looking for

  • Backend engineering (5+ years production experience)
  • Systems architecture and distributed systems design
  • Relational databases (Postgres or similar)
  • Message queues or event-driven architectures
  • Containerization and cloud platforms (Kubernetes, AWS)
  • Automated testing and test-driven development
  • Node.js, TypeScript, and Express (preferred)
  • Strong communication and collaborative problem-solving

Benefits

  • Fully remote position with flexible European timezone availability
  • In-person team gatherings every six weeks
  • Opportunity to shape engineering culture at a senior level
  • Work on genuinely challenging compliance and identity infrastructure problems
  • Competitive base salary with transparent, level-based compensation
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Clera

Clera builds an agentic operating system that automates complex workflows and processes through AI agents, with a platform designed to simplify distributed infrastructure management for developers. The company is hiring Founding Engineers, Customer Engineers, and Product Engineers to develop both backend systems and user-facing interfaces across their AI automation products.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe a time you designed a backend system that needed to scale significantly—what architectural decisions did you make and why?
  • What experience do you have building systems in regulated environments, and how did compliance requirements influence your technical approach?
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