Have you ever had that green-light feeling? When you hit every green light and the day just feels like magic. CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences where every day has that feeling. With more than 30+ million passionate members and hundreds of partners around the world, CLEAR’s identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or right on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you - unlocking easier, more secure, and more seamless experiences - making them all feel like magic.
CLEAR is an official TSA enrollment provider, uniquely positioned to help the TSA “Protect the nation’s transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce” while advancing our mission to enable frictionless and secure journeys making everyday experiences easier and safer.
We’re seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex, event‑driven systems in a highly regulated environment. You will architect and build scalable services, elevate engineering standards, and collaborate across teams to deliver products that advance both TSA’s and CLEAR’s missions.
The ideal candidate pairs innovation with rigor; has a record of shipping resilient software with robust observability; solves complex problems with simple, elegant solutions; and demonstrates the leadership to drive cross‑functional initiatives from concept to impact.
Tech Stack: Java, Typescript, and SQL; with frameworks such as React; AWS cloud
What You’ll Do:
- Build well-architected systems in highly regulated government environments enabling our partners to complete their mission.
- Capture technical requirements and define high/low level design for software solutions using AWS technologies.
- Raise the bar on code quality by writing and reviewing code ensuring the team produces secure, reliable, available and maintainable code.
- Take the lead on defining, implementing and improving engineering and operational best practices.
- Take the lead on improving how the team proactively resolves systemic issues before they impact our customers
What You’re Great At:
- 6+ years of non-internship full stack software development experience
- Full software development life cycle experience, including defining requirements, design and test plans; implementing code and test automation; executing tests at all levels; and refining and building operational excellence practices.
- Experience building complex multi-component, event-driven systems
- Ideally 3+ years working in government sectors
- Professional experience (3+ years) with languages such as Java, Typescript, and SQL and with frameworks such as React
How You’ll be Rewarded:
At CLEAR we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members who are motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. In our offices, you’ll enjoy benefits like meals and snacks. We invest in your well-being and learning & development with our stipend and reimbursement programs.
We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include Restricted Stock Units.
CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
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CLEAR transforms what is uniquely you – your fingerprints, your face, your eyes – into a secure, biometric key to frictionless experiences. CLEAR currently powers customer experiences in nearly 40 U.S. airports and venues. With over 3 million members so far, CLEAR is the identity platform of the future, today.
Why Work With Us
We’re passionate, fearless, and re-imagining the future. We are looking for individuals who are indefatigable and have a bias for action. We care deeply and hold ourselves to high standards and, as a result, share feedback with radical candor to make CLEAR a great place for great people to thrive.
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