Staff Engineer

About the Role

We’re looking for a Staff Engineer to help shape the future of our engineering organization. As a senior technical leader, you’ll design and guide complex systems, mentor teams, and drive key architectural decisions that enable Clearco to scale. This is a high-impact role suited for a builder who thrives on solving deep technical challenges and who is passionate about enabling others to succeed.

You’ll collaborate cross-functionally, influence strategy, and ensure our systems are secure, performant, and designed for growth.

What You’ll Do

Architect, Build, and Scale Systems

• Lead design and implementation of core systems that are critical to Clearco’s growth and customer impact
• Define and uphold architectural patterns that balance scalability, maintainability, and delivery speed
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies where they improve business or developer outcomes

Drive Cross-Team Collaboration

• Partner with engineering leads, product managers, and stakeholders to shape product direction
• Break down complex technical problems and help cross-functional teams deliver cohesive solutions
• Foster alignment on engineering best practices across teams

Lead Through Influence

• Act as a force multiplier: mentor engineers, drive technical excellence, and lead design reviews
• Set high standards for code quality, system resilience, and security
• Influence engineering culture through thought leadership and hands-on guidance

Own the End-to-End Lifecycle

• Champion CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness
• Drive incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term fixes for reliability
• Take ownership of platform performance, cost efficiency, and technical debt management

What We’re Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Expertise designing and building scalable distributed systems and backend services
• Deep understanding of API design, data modeling, and systems architecture
• Strong coding abilities in TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or equivalent
• Proficiency with SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Experience working in cloud environments (preferably GCP)
• Effective communicator with experience influencing technical direction at the organizational level

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading technical strategy or major platform migrations
• Familiarity with our stack: TypeScript, Node.js, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, GCP
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD tooling, and infrastructure-as-code
• A security-first mindset and familiarity with modern authentication, encryption, and secure-by-design principles

Why Join Us?

Solve real-world problems with fintech products that help thousands of founders

Join a high-performance culture that values autonomy, trust, and continuous learning

Contribute at both the strategic and hands-on level

Help build and evolve a strong engineering organization, not just code

Benefits at Clearco

• Competitive salary and incentives
• Comprehensive health and dental coverage
• RRSP / 401k matching
• Work-from-home stipend and flexible time-off policy
• Mental health and wellness support
• Fertility, hormonal health, and family-forming benefit

Clearco is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all team members. If you need accommodations during the hiring process, we’re happy to support you.