DevOps Engineer

ABOUT CLAIR If you can send your friends money in seconds, why does it still take your employer two weeks to send your paycheck? At Clair, we are on a mission to create financial freedom for America's workers by giving them a digital banking platform that allows them to get paid as soon as they clock out of work. But we're not just another digital bank or on-demand pay provider. We meet Americans at their place of work by embedding our products within the scheduling, workforce management, and payroll apps they already use every day. Learn more about us at getclair.com/about http://getclair.com/about About the Role We are seeking a DevOps Engineer who thrives on solving high-impact, complex infrastructure and automation problems. You will own critical system architecture, drive infrastructure reliability, and build at scale. Your work will directly enable millions of hourly workers to access financial freedom by ensuring our platform remains secure, performant, and highly available. We operate at the intersection of fintech, embedded finance, and real-time payroll systems—building products that handle millions of transactions with sub-second performance. If you are a problem solver who thrives on automation, securing complex infrastructure, and building scalable, reliable systems that power high-performance applications, you’ll love working with us. Key Responsibilities - Architect, automate, and manage our cloud infrastructure using Terraform. - Oversee the reliability, performance, and monitoring of our systems using self-hosted Grafana, Sentry, and Laravel Nightwatch. - Manage infrastructure and specialized environments for AI, data science, and ML workloads. - Drive security and compliance efforts, including helping with SOC2 and PCI DSS audits and implementing technical controls. - Develop and maintain internal tools to support cross-functional teams. - Manage AI integrations and internal AI tools. Required Experience & Qualifications: - 3+ years of experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). - Strong expertise in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and automation. - Strong security mindset. - Strong coding background; must be willing to learn/work with our PHP/Laravel stack. - Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases (any database experience is okay). - Ability to manage infrastructure for AI/ML/Data Science workloads. Bonus Qualifications: - Experience handling compliance audits (e.g., SOC2, PCI DSS). - Experience working in a fast paced startup environment. - Ability to periodically travel for team headquarters meetings and company on-sites. Additional Details Location: This is a remote position based in the United States. Compensation: The annual base salary for this role is $138,000. The base pay for this role is determined using many factors, such as education, skills and experience and is reflective of Clair Series stage and size. Base pay is only one part of Clair’s competitive total compensation package which includes equity, benefits and additional perks. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Clair will only contact candidates from @getclair.com email addresses. We will never ask for payments or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you happen to receive anything suspicious, please ignore it. NEED MORE CONVINCING? Apart from getting to work with our incredible team, here are some of the benefits you can expect when you join Clair: - Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage, with option to extend to your family - Fully-paid parental leave - Company-sponsored 401k, HSA, and FSA - Unlimited vacation for salaried roles, generous PTO for hourly roles - Work from home setup allowance - Access to your earnings every day on Clair - Company-sponsored short-term and long-term disability insurance EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER INFORMATION Clair is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We actively seek a diverse applicant pool and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. For questions, please email us at careers@getclair.com