Engineering Manager

Have you ever had that green-light feeling? When you hit every green light and the day just feels like magic. CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences where every day has that feeling. With more than 30+ million passionate members and hundreds of partners around the world, CLEAR’s identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or right on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you - unlocking easier, more secure, and more seamless experiences - making them all feel like magic.

We are seeking a strategically-minded, technology-focused and customer-centric software development leader. As an Engineering Leader, you will be responsible for leading a software engineering team in the design, development, testing, and deployment of our products, which are used to deliver frictionless experiences to millions of members. A successful candidate will have well-established software development experience, be a strong communicator, be able to run a program from inception to delivery, and be motivated to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. This individual will have a history of helping to deliver well-architected, highly available, and flexible technology platforms capable of accommodating high rates of growth and rapid iteration.

What you'll do:

• Hire, develop and grow engineering talent by providing career growth support, effective feedback, and performance reviews
• Lead and drive team ceremonies and strategic roadmapping, while maintaining a high level of collaboration and communication
• Partner with business stakeholders & product managers to form requirements, priorities, and processes
• Foster a culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and can articulate risks and benefits to other less experienced members of the team
• Drive engineering and operational excellence by demonstrating strong ownership of metrics and goal-setting grounded in data; implement best practices in testing, documentation, and observability

What you're great at:

• Have worked on all aspects of software engineering, including coding, maintenance, architecture and design
• Managed backend teams who've worked with Java 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with modern object-oriented languages, design patterns and best practices
• Experience in building cloud native applications
• Able to build, manage, and work with multiple teams to achieve defined goals
• Curious about technology and believe in constant learning

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 $200,000 - $235,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.

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.

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