Clara is the leading spend management platform in Latin America. More than 40,000 businesses run on our corporate cards, bill pay, financing and B2B payments, and in 2025 the Financial Times named Clara the fastest-growing company in Latin America. We're ~400 people, backed by Kaszek, monashees, Coatue, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs, among others.
We are looking for a Fullstack/Backend Engineer focused on QA Automation — a software engineer who builds the infrastructure, frameworks, APIs, and tooling that make automated quality possible at Clara. This is an engineering craft role (closer to SDET / SET / platform engineer than classic manual QA): you write production-grade code that enables pods and QA to generate, run, and trust automated tests.
The RoleYou build and maintain the systems behind Clara's QA platform: Playwright-based frameworks, services and APIs that support test execution and reporting, CI wiring, and internal tools (e.g. test case / run persistence on Clara's React/Next stack). You collaborate with the QA Automation Lead, Pod Leads, and product engineers so automation is reusable, agent-ready, and owned as real software — not a pile of brittle scripts.
What You Own- Automation infrastructure — Design and implement shared frameworks and libraries for web/API automation (Playwright preferred), with stable selectors, modular architecture, and clear extension points for pods.
- Tooling & services — Build backend APIs and fullstack components that store test cases, record run results, expose reports, and integrate with delivery workflows (e.g. Linear webhooks, Slack notifications, GitHub Actions).
- Enablement for AI-assisted QA — Structure frameworks and contracts so agents and CLIs can generate and execute specs reliably (ticket → matrix → runnable tests → evidence).
- CI/CD for quality — Implement and harden pipelines for smoke and regression suites; reduce flakiness; make failures diagnosable.
- Engineering quality of test code — Treat automation as a first-class codebase: reviews, tests for helpers, versioning, documentation, and refactoring for maintainability.
- Partnership — Work with QA engineers on adoption and with product engineers on testability (APIs, data-testid / ARIA, environments, test data hooks).
- Stronger software engineering depth than a traditional QA Engineer JD (services, APIs, data models, frontend for internal tools).
- Focused on enabling automation at scale — not owning all manual exploratory testing for every pod.
- 4+ years of software development experience (backend and/or fullstack), with demonstrable automation or developer-tooling delivery.
- Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript for Playwright (or equivalent E2E frameworks) and willingness to work in Clara's backend stack (Java / Spring Boot) where services or integrations require it.
- Experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks (web and API); understanding of the test pyramid and when to prefer API vs UI coverage.
- Backend fundamentals: REST APIs, relational databases, authentication basics, and clean service boundaries.
- Fullstack comfort for internal tools: React / Next.js (or similar) for dashboards and test-management UIs is a strong fit with Clara's internal scaffold direction.
- CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions or similar), Docker familiarity, and Git-based collaboration.
- Ability to debug flaky tests, environment issues, and integration failures systematically.
- Builder mindset: you ship frameworks and tools that other engineers adopt.
- Clear documentation and communication with QA and product engineering partners.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and iterating from working prototypes to reliable platform pieces.
- Collaborative code review habits; you raise the bar on test-code quality.
- Good English (written and verbal); Spanish is a plus.
- Prior SDET / SET / Test Infrastructure Engineer experience.
- Mobile automation (Appium) or BrowserStack.
- Workflow orchestration (n8n), Linear/GitHub API integrations, or AI/agent tooling for test generation.
- AWS and observability basics for running automation reliably in shared environments.
- Fintech / payments domain exposure.
- Experience replacing external test-management tools with internal systems.
- A high talent-density team driven to make an impact in Latin America — low ego, high ownership.
- Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one.
- An annual learning budget and accelerated development paths.
- English is our working language, with Spanish and Portuguese every day.
- Clarity — Open and direct communication: we say what we mean and give context where it matters.
- Simplicity — If it can be simpler, it should be.
- Ownership — We own everything we do, end to end. When something needs to happen, we don't wait.
- Pride — We hold ourselves to a high standard, and it shows in what we deliver.
- ABC (Always Be Changing) — We adapt fast, embrace change, and keep learning.
- Inclusivity — Diverse ideas, stories and perspectives build a better Clara.
Claridians split their time between the office, customers and home. We don't set a minimum number of office days for most roles, but we expect you to spend time there naturally, and most days during your ramp-up or when your leader asks.
If you meet the must-haves, apply — the nice-to-haves are a bonus, not a requirement.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of software development experience in backend or fullstack engineering
- Proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript for Playwright or equivalent end-to-end testing frameworks
- Experience building and maintaining web and API test automation frameworks
- Understanding of the test pyramid and appropriate API versus UI test coverage
- Backend fundamentals including REST APIs, relational databases, authentication, and service boundaries
- Experience with CI/CD, GitHub Actions or similar, Docker, and Git-based collaboration
- Ability to debug flaky tests, environment issues, and integration failures systematically
- Good written and verbal English
- Experience with Java and Spring Boot
- React and Next.js experience for internal tools and dashboards
- SDET, SET, or test infrastructure engineering experience
- Mobile automation using Appium or BrowserStack
- Workflow orchestration, Linear or GitHub API integrations, or AI and agent test tooling
- AWS and observability experience
- Fintech or payments domain experience
- Spanish proficiency
Clara Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Clara and has not been reviewed or approved by Clara.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are emphasized across several descriptions, with stock options commonly included and in some instances available from day one. Feedback suggests this ownership component is a meaningful part of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off offerings are portrayed as flexible, including references to flexible vacation and flexible time off policies. Feedback suggests this supports work–life balance for many roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness support is cited through mental‑health platforms, coaching and meditation programs, and monthly wellness reimbursements in some contexts. Feedback suggests these offerings complement core benefits where available.
Clara Insights
What We Do
Clara is the leading payment platform for companies in Latin America. Our end-to-end solution includes our locally-issued corporate cards, Bill Pay, crossborder payments, and our highly-rated software platform used by thousands of the most successful companies across the region. Clara is backed by top global and regional investors such as Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, monashees, Kaszek, Canary, A*, BoxGroup, SV Angel, GFC, Picus Capital, Avid Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Goldman Sachs, and prominent angel investors. Driven by our six core values (Ownership, Pride, ABC, Simplicity, Clarity and Inclusivity) we’ve reached a unicorn valuation in record time, have been recognized as a Great Place to Work and as one of the most promising startups according to Linkedin’s ranking “Top Startups 2021”. We’re looking for the best talent worldwide to join our team and be part of this journey, so you can't afford to miss this chance! We are: * Shaping business finances in Latin America * Driven by our 6 core values * Proud of our inclusive and caring culture * Certified as a Great Place to Work and a Top LinkedIn Startup
