Software Engineer, Infrastructure

CLEAR; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunches

Fully stocked kitchens

Flexible time off

Annual wellness stipend

Job summary

CLEAR, based in New York, is hiring an early career Software Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. In this position, you will develop and enhance AWS networking solutions while ensuring reliability and scalability across systems.

The ideal candidate will have solid Python skills, a basic understanding of Kubernetes, and AWS networking services. The role offers a competitive salary between $105,000 and $125,000, alongside comprehensive healthcare plans and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of experience in infrastructure and platform development and AWS cloud services.
• Proficient in Python.
• Understanding of API Gateway solutions for API management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable software-defined networking solutions on AWS.
• Enhance compute platform (Kubernetes) with new functionalities.
• Collaborate with teams to implement best practices in observability.

Skills

Experience in infrastructure and platform development

Proficient in Python

Understanding of AWS networking services

Experience with Kubernetes

Used tools like Terraform or Pulumi

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 38 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences.

We’re looking for an early career Software Engineer to join our Infrastructure team to accelerate building and scaling our innovative systems that support our growing identity platform. In this role, you will build the next-generation infrastructure that underpins all systems at CLEAR. The ideal candidate will approach challenges with an eye toward reliability, simplicity, and scalability.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain a streamlined process for engineers to effortlessly build and deploy scalable and reliable software‑defined networking solutions on AWS.
• Enhance our compute platform (Kubernetes) with new functionalities and features, focusing on AWS networking services and concepts such as VPCs, Route Tables, Security Groups (SGs), ALBs/ELBs, and Route53, optimize service communication and management.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to advocate for and implement best practices in observability, utilizing tools like Splunk or Datadog to ensure robust network monitoring.
• Act as a product owner for our infrastructure, collecting feedback and requirements from engineering teams to address pain points and develop solutions, particularly in the realm of AWS networking and cloud‑native design principles.

What You're Great At

• 0-2 years of experience in infrastructure and platform development and AWS cloud services.
• Proficient in Python, with understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration tools like EKS and ECS.
• Understand AWS networking services, including VPC design, SGs, NATGWs, ALBs/ELBs, Route53, and security features like AWS Network Firewall and AWS WAF.
• Have used tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or Cloudformation, and possess a strong product and user‑centric mindset.
• Committed to continuously improving systems and environments.
• Understanding of API Gateway solutions to facilitate secure and scalable API management.

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 motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our offices are bright and energetic with an open concept and plenty of conference rooms and casual co‑working spaces. We also offer catered lunches every day and have fully stocked kitchens. Outside of the office, we invest in your well‑being and learning & development with stipends and reimbursement programs.

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family‑building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, annual wellness stipend, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $105,000-$125,000.

The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, 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.