We're seeking a Principal Engineer specializing in backend distributed systems at scale for our Membership & Payments teams. You will play a critical role in selecting & implementing technology, ensuring our systems excel in performance & reliability. Collaborating cross-functionally, you'll provide leadership & guidance to engineering teams, nurturing their growth & enhancing their capabilities. Additionally, you'll be a crucial partner to various teams across CLEAR, including Product Management, Security, Operations, Finance, & more. If you're passionate about shaping distributed systems, all things payments & membership, & driving engineering & operational excellence, we invite you to join us in revolutionizing our platform.

What you will do:

• Identify & build support for technical initiatives that address CLEARs most important needs.
• Define the technical vision & strategy that guide engineers
• Engineering to solve CLEARs thorniest, most intractable technical problems.
• Support the growth & success of both engineers & non-engineers across CLEAR.
• Evaluate new software components & practices & influence teams to use them
• Review & craft architecture documents, working with engineering teams to make the right decisions from design through implementation.
• You will be both hands-on & strategic

Who you are: 

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, focusing on building cloud-based distributed systems written in Java, Python or related languages
• Expert in contributing to the architecture & design (architecture, design patterns, reliability & scaling) of new & current systems
• Experienced with RDBMS, NoSQL, caching solutions, & real-time streaming data stores
• Partners well with business & other stakeholders & collaborates effectively with peers
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical topics to non-technical audiences, manages up down & across

How You'll be Rewarded:

At CLEAR we help YOU move forward - because when youre at your best, were at our best. Youll work with talented team members who are motivated by our mission of making experiences safer & easier. Our hybrid work environment provides flexibility. In our offices, youll enjoy benefits like meals & snacks. We invest in your well-being & learning & development with our stipend & reimbursement programs. 

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family building benefits (fertility & adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, free OneMedical memberships for you & your dependents, & a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $230,000 - $260,000, depending on levels of skills & experience.

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

About CLEAR

Have you ever had that green-light feeling? When you hit every green light & the day just feels like magic. CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences where every day has that feeling. With nearly 19 million passionate members & hundreds of partners around the world, CLEARs identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, & travel. Whether its at the airport, stadium, or right on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you - unlocking easier, more secure, & more seamless experiences - making them all feel like magic.

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.

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