Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

New York, NY, United States

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’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Network Engineering team to accelerate building and scaling our innovative systems that support our growing identity platform. In this role, you will build the next-generation infrastructure that underpins all systems  ideal candidate for this role will approach challenges with an eye toward reliability, simplicity, and scalability.

• Develop and maintain a streamlined process for engineers to effortlessly build and deploy scalable and reliable software-defined networking solutions on AWS.
• Enhance our compute platform (Kubernetes) by integrating new functionalities and features, focusing on AWS networking services and concepts such as VPCs, Route Tables, Security Groups (SGs), ALBs/ELBs, and Route
  53, as well as implementing Kubernetes networking solutions like service mesh (Istio) to optimize service communication and management.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to advocate for and implement best practices in observability, utilizing tools like Splunk or Datadog to ensure robust network monitoring.
• Act as a product owner for our infrastructure, collecting feedback and requirements from engineering teams to address pain points and develop solutions, particularly in the realm of AWS networking and cloud-native design principles.

• 6+ years of extensive experience in infrastructure and platform development, particularly in software-defined networking and AWS cloud services.
• Proficient in writing production‑grade software using modern languages such as Python, with a strong understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration tools like EKS and ECS.
• Well‑versed in cloud‑native design principles and AWS networking services, including VPC design, SGs, NATGWs, ALBs/ELBs, Route
  53, and security features like AWS Network Firewall and AWS WAF.
• Experienced with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or Cloud formation, and possess a strong product and user‑centric mindset.
• Committed to continuously improving systems and environments, with a solid understanding of networking concepts (ISO Layer, BGP, RIP, etc.) and Linux systems (Bash, File systems, etc.).
• Equipped with an understanding of and experience with traditional networking appliances and equipment, such as Palo Alto, to effectively maintain connectivity at scale.
• Skilled in configuring and managing Nginx as a reverse proxy and load balancer to optimize application delivery and performance.
• Experienced in implementing and managing API Gateway solutions to facilitate secure and scalable API management.
• Knowledgeable in deploying and managing cloud solutions such as Cloudflare or Fastly to enhance web performance and security through CDN and edge computing capabilities.

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 One Medical memberships for you…