Senior Software Engineer, Devices

Clever Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Clever Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Designer to own and shape authentication experiences across education. You will work horizontally with product and engineering teams to define a coherent login experience and identify the next problems to solve as AI agents and devices come into play.

You will lead design direction for agent access and device-level identity, mentor designers, and collaborate across multiple teams to ensure a consistent UX as the EdTech space evolves.

Qualifications

• Experience designing complex cybersecurity/identity products.
• Able to set design direction across multiple teams without owning them all.
• Mentor designers and help them grow.
• Collaborate with product and engineering across several teams.

Responsibilities

• Define design direction for authentication across new areas such as agent access.
• Maintain a coherent core login experience while expanding to devices and AI agent access.
• Partner with product and engineering leads to align on strategies.
• Mentor and grow design team members.

Skills

Security design

Cross-team leadership

Mentoring designers

Cross-functional collab

AI prototyping

Communication skills

Job description

Clever owns authentication for education — every moment a student, teacher, or staff member proves who they are, and the devices they do it on. That scope keeps growing: beyond SSO and MFA, we're now figuring out how AI agents authenticate and what they should be allowed to reach, and how schools manage access across devices. This role brings design judgment across that whole space, working horizontally with the teams involved to create a coherent login experience, while also defining the next set of problems to solve. It's a chance to help shape what authentication means for the EdTech industry.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• The problem you'll solve: Authentication in education spans several fast-moving areas — human login, AI agent access, and device-level identity — each raising its own design questions. This role brings one coherent design point of view across all of it, so the experience holds together even as the underlying problems are still taking shape.
• Who you'll partner with: Product and engineering leads across the teams working on authentication, plus the broader design team.
• What success looks like: A consistent, well-considered authentication experience even as new surfaces like agent access get added.
• Key projects you'll lead: Design direction for how authentication extends into new territory — agent access, device-level identity — while keeping the core login experience coherent as it grows.

Required Skills & Experience (Must-Haves):

• Experience designing complex, security products — cybersecurity, identity/authentication
• Experience operating horizontally across multiple teams or product areas, setting consistent design direction without owning every team directly
• Direct experience mentoring or coaching other designers, with a specific approach to helping them grow
• Strong cross-functional collaboration experience, partnering closely with product and engineering across several teams at once
• Comfort using AI tools to prototype and accelerate design work
• Strong written and verbal communication

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves):

• Background in K-12 EdTech
• Familiarity with identity protocols such as OAuth/OIDC or SSO/MFA standards

Salary Transparency

The range of our base salary cash compensation for this role for candidates living in the United States, besides NYC and San Francisco, CA, is between $149,000-$175,000. For candidates living in NYC and San Francisco, CA, it's between $165,000-$192,000. All final offers are determined using multiple factors, including experience and level of expertise.

Inclusion & Belonging

Clever believes classrooms and our company should be diverse and inclusive. We celebrate actions that build diverse teams, include every voice, and create safe spaces for everyone to bring their authentic selves to work.