Product Engineer (Software Engineer)

Clera

$120K — $200K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in backend feature development for production.
  • Proficient in designing and using RESTful APIs, including authentication and rate limiting.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues like Kafka.
  • Skilled in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) with data modeling and optimization.
  • Hands-on with CI/CD processes, version control, and automated testing.
  • Experience in building consumer-facing products, not just B2B.
  • Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals such as algorithms and data structures.

Responsibilities

  • Build product features from inception to deployment including domain models and API integrations.
  • Drive the deployment and enhancement of products with a data-driven, iterative approach.
  • Utilize SQL and analytics tools to assess product performance against data metrics.
  • Test and debug complex state machines within an event-driven backend.
  • Deliver production updates daily via a rapid CI/CD pipeline while managing end-to-end implementations.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join a fast-growing consumer fintech company - a subscription-based mobile platform helping everyday people manage money more easily through cash advances, paycheck optimization, and credit building. As a Product Engineer, you'll own features end-to-end, working closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to ship high-impact work that directly improves users' financial wellbeing.

This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Visa sponsorship is available.
What You'll Do
  • Build product features end-to-end - domain models, business logic, and API integrations - that make the product work seamlessly for consumers.
  • Drive deployment and iteration using a data-driven, incremental release approach toward ambitious milestones.
  • Use SQL and analytics tools to regularly evaluate product and system performance against robust data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.
  • Test and debug complex state machines in an event-driven, pub/sub-heavy backend to ensure a smooth user experience.
  • Ship to production daily via a rapid CI/CD process, owning implementations end-to-end and responding to production incidents as needed.
What We're Looking For

Required (dealbreakers):
  • 3+ years building backend features end-to-end for production systems.
  • Proficiency designing and consuming RESTful APIs, including authentication/authorization patterns and rate limiting.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues (Kafka, Pub/Sub, or similar).

Also required:
  • Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) - data modeling and query optimization.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control, automated testing, and code review workflows.
  • Experience writing SQL and using analytics tools to evaluate system and product performance.
  • Demonstrated experience building consumer-facing products (not B2B only).
  • Experience debugging complex state machines in event-driven systems.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals - algorithms, data structures, system design.
  • Excellent cross-functional communication skills; comfortable translating technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have:
  • Experience with Go (Golang) deployed on GCP.
  • Background at early-stage startups or high-growth environments.
Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary: $120,000 - $200,000 USD annually, depending on experience.
  • Visa sponsorship available.
Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA. This is not a remote role.

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