Product Engineer (Software Engineer)

Clera

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

Qualifications

  • 3+ years building backend features for production systems
  • Proficiency in designing and consuming RESTful APIs
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues
  • Expertise in debugging complex state machines
  • Strong relational database skills, especially with PostgreSQL and MySQL
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Build product features end-to-end, including domain models and API integrations
  • Drive deployment and iteration using a data-driven approach
  • Leverage data pipelines and analytics to evaluate performance
  • Debug complex state machines in an event-driven backend
  • Ship to production through a rapid CI/CD process and manage production incidents

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, high-impact environment
  • Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business leaders
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join a growing consumer fintech company on a mission to make personal finance accessible and stress-free. As a Product Engineer, you'll build features end-to-end that help real users optimize their taxes, bridge paychecks, and build credit - directly contributing to their financial wellbeing. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and business leaders in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
What You'll Do
  • Build product features end-to-end, including domain models, business logic, and API integrations.
  • Drive deployment and iteration using a data-driven, incremental release approach toward ambitious milestones.
  • Leverage robust data pipelines and analytics infrastructure; write SQL and use analytics tools to evaluate product and system performance regularly.
  • Debug complex state machines in an event-driven, pub/sub backend to ensure a seamless user experience.
  • Ship to production through a rapid CI/CD process, owning implementations end-to-end and responding to production incidents as needed.
What We're Looking For

Must-haves:
  • 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 (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub, or similar).
  • Experience debugging complex state machines in event-driven systems.
  • Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL), including data modeling and query optimization.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control, automated testing, and code review processes.
  • Experience writing SQL and using analytics tools to evaluate system and product performance.
  • Proven experience building consumer-facing products (not B2B only).
  • Strong computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, and system design.
  • Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves:
  • 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 is available.
Location

This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates should be prepared to work in-office.

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