Platform Architect - Cloud Infra, AWS & Kubernetes

CLEAR - Corporate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 215,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals and snacks

Stipend and reimbursement programs for

Healthcare plans

Fertility and adoption/surrogacy 지원

OneMedical memberships

401(k) retirement plan with employer 2

Job summary

CLEAR is building the secure identity platform of the future. As Staff Software Engineer for Cloud Infrastructure in New York, you’ll steer the cloud platform, spanning AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC—creating reliable, secure foundations for all CLEAR systems.

You’ll own platform direction, drive cross-team initiatives, and mentor engineers while shaping observability, rollout safety, and cost efficiency. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-growing company.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and evolving cloud platforms at scale.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives end-to-end.
• Strong background in Python/Java production systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive long-term architecture of CLEAR's cloud platform across AWS and Kubernetes.
• Lead staging environments and infrastructure for AI workloads.
• Define IaC standards and safe rollout/rollback practices.
• Act as product owner for the platform and build self-service tools.
• Mentor engineers and drive incident reviews for reliability.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Python/Java

IaC

Pulumi/Terraform/CFN

Datadog

RFC/Design reviews

Mentoring

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Istio

Edge/Security tooling (Cloudflare/Palo Alto)

Job description

CLEAR is building the secure identity platform of the future. As Staff Software Engineer for Cloud Infrastructure in New York, you’ll steer the cloud platform, spanning AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC—creating reliable, secure foundations for all CLEAR systems.

You’ll own platform direction, drive cross-team initiatives, and mentor engineers while shaping observability, rollout safety, and cost efficiency. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-growing company.