Senior Software Engineer

Clara is the leading spend management platform for companies in Latin America. Our end-to-end solution includes locally-issued corporate cards, bill pay, and our highly-rated software platform; already being used by thousands of the most successful companies across the region.

Clara is backed by top investors and strategics including Accial Capital, Canary, Citi Ventures, Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, ICONIQ Growth, Kaszek, Monashees, and Notable Capital, as well as prominent angel investors.

About The Role

You will be responsible for developing and delivering backend services that management functionalities, including authentication, authorization, profiles, and access controls. As a key member of the backend team, you'll collaborate closely with engineers across the stack to ensure that our APIs are secure, scalable, and maintainable. Your work will play a critical role in enabling smooth and reliable experiences, enforcing robust identity standards, and ing the needs of internal and external applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and secure RESTful APIs with TLS encryption and modern auth protocols (OAuth2, JWT, etc.)
• Write efficient, clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with clear documentation.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of technical standards.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of experience in Java (Spring/Spring Boot/Spring Batch) development.
• Strong experience deg and implementing API services, including optimization for mobile clients—focused on expected response times, resilience to unstable or low-bandwidth connections, and efficient data handling to minimize consumption.
• Experience with swagger/OpenAPI to facilitate integration with mobile teams.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL), NoSQL databases (Redis), and data modeling.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS).
• Hands-on experience with secure API development using TLS, OAuth2, and enterprise-grade encryption methods
• Firm grasp of backend design principles, modularity, and maintainability
• ion for solving complex problems and building systems that scale
• Experience with system design and the ability to architect scalable, high-availability solutions.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in fintech or financial services
• Familiarity with AWS components (e.g., ECS, API Gateway, SQS, RDS, CloudWatch)
• Exposure to containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Understanding of enterprise data pipelines, messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• CI/CD tooling and DevOps best practices
  
  

Why Us

• Be a key player in shaping our core backend systems.
• Collaborate in a high-performance, remote-friendly environment.
• Room to innovate, learn, and lead technical initiatives from the ground up.
  
  

If you're ready to build backend systems that power real impact, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now.

The way we do things is as important as what we do. That is why we operate on a set of carefully-identified values. They are what we expect from ourselves and each other in our day-to-day.

We value

• Clarity - Open and direct communication
• Simplicity - Pare things down to the essential
• Ownership - We're all owners and act like it
• Pride - Make quality products we're proud of
• Always Be Changing (ABC) - Continuous self-improvement
• Inclusivity - Every voice counts; we value each other for our shared mission and contributions
  
  

We are

• Shaping business finances in Latin America
• Driven by our 6 core values
• Proud of our inclusive and caring culture
• Certified as Top LinkedIn Startup
  
  

What We offer

• Competitive salary & a robust stock ownership plan
• 100% flexible work model
• A set of benefits that are adaptable to your needs & way of life
• Opportunities for growth in a fast-paced environment
• A chance to shape B2B payments in Latin America and increase the region's economic competitiveness