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# Sr Engineering Manager at Clair

- **Company:** Clair
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clair/32a6532c-b0ba-4eac-b344-f02b44e222b3

## Job description

## ABOUT CLAIR

If you can send your friends money in seconds, why does it still take your employer two weeks to send your paycheck?

At Clair, we are on a mission to create financial freedom for America's workers by giving them a digital banking platform that allows them to get paid as soon as they clock out of work. But we're not just another digital bank or on-demand pay provider. We meet Americans at their place of work by embedding our products within the scheduling, workforce management, and payroll apps they already use every day.

Learn more about us at getclair.com/about http://getclair.com/about

## THE ROLE

As our Senior Engineering Manager, you will be the linchpin between rapid execution and sustainable scaling. We are growing quickly, and we need a highly organized, empathetic leader to help us manage "process debt," streamline cross-functional workflows, and build an environment where our engineers can do their best work. You won't just be managing a team; you will be optimizing how we build.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO

Drive Efficiency: The title line, #1 most important responsibility for a successful Engineering Manager at Clair is overseeing and driving the efficiency and output of the team. We want the whole team shipping product at a strong pace, while keeping a slim team as compared to Clair’s ambitions. Even though you’ll have many direct reports, you’ll want to have a strong relationship with the full tech team to drive the output holistically.

Ways you’ll drive the efficiency:

- Lead & Mentor: Directly manage, coach, and grow a team of high-performing engineers. You will conduct impactful 1:1s, guide career development, and ensure your team feels valued and recognized.
- Drive Cross-Functional Alignment: Observe interactions between Engineering, Product, Design, Data, Care, and more, looking for inefficiencies and guiding the teams to be better able to align themselves. You will ensure context is shared transparently and that decisions don't get lost in silos.
- Tame the Chaos: Bring exceptional organizational skills to our engineering operations. You will identify bottlenecks, improve documentation standards (like PRDs), and create clear, lightweight processes that speed us up rather than slow us down.
- Protect the Team: Actively monitor team workloads to ensure we are delivering high-quality work sustainably, guarding against burnout and maintaining healthy boundaries.
- Champion Innovation: Encourage your team to experiment with AI and new tooling to solve complex problems more efficiently. Advocate for time to be invested into Engineer-led initiatives that may not be part of the core product roadmaps.
- Bring in Talent: You’ll be a major part of hiring for the Clair Eng team. Whether finding bright and talented mid-to-senior level developers, or assisting in sourcing and vetting Staff+ level engineers, you will play a critical part in the process. We’re always aiming to level ourselves up, both from a technical perspective as well as cultural.

## WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

- Experience: 3–5+ years of direct engineering management experience, ideally leading teams through a period of rapid growth in a series B or C startup.
- Startup DNA: You have thrived in a scaling startup environment. You are comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and building the airplane while flying it.
- Highly Organized: You are a systems thinker. You naturally look for ways to centralize information, clean up messy workflows, and make executing work easier for everyone around you. You are diligent at tracking the ongoing work across the org and obsess over making sure stakeholders are aware of status and timelines.
- Technical Credibility: You have a strong background in software engineering. While you won't be coding every day, you possess the technical chops to guide architectural decisions, push back when necessary, and earn the respect of your team.
- Empathetic Leadership: You care deeply about the humans building the product. You know how to cultivate psychological safety and foster a culture of open, honest feedback in service of personal and professional growth.

## WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT HERE

- A team that genuinely cares about the product and each other (our retention intent is off the charts!).
- High autonomy to make decisions that directly impact the daily work of the engineering org.
- Clair is willing to invest in being at the forefront of technology and pushing boundaries. We rarely, if ever, say no to trying a new tool and encourage everyone to experiment with the latest and greatest.

## ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Location: This is a hybrid position based out in New York City, you will be expected to come into the office at least three days a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays) with additional days on occasion for client meetings. We are also open to remote candidates for this role who are based in North America only.

Compensation: The annual base salary for this role is $200,000 and $245,000. The base pay for this role is determined using many factors, such as education, skills and experience and is reflective of Clair Series stage and size. Base pay is only one part of Clair’s competitive total compensation package which includes equity, benefits and additional perks. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Clair will only contact candidates from @getclair.com http://getclair.com email addresses. We will never ask for payments or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you happen to receive anything suspicious, please ignore it.

Clair will only contact candidates from @getclair.com email addresses. We will never ask for payments or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you happen to receive anything suspicious, please ignore it.

NEED MORE CONVINCING?

Apart from getting to work with our incredible team, here are some of the benefits you can expect when you join Clair:

- Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage, with option to extend to your family
- Fully-paid parental leave
- Company-sponsored 401k, HSA, and FSA
- Unlimited vacation for salaried roles, generous PTO for hourly roles
- Work from home setup allowance
- Access to your earnings every day on Clair
- Company-sponsored short-term and long-term disability insurance

## EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER INFORMATION

Clair is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We actively seek a diverse applicant pool and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

For questions, please email us at careers@getclair.com

## About Clair

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Clair provides embedded earned wage access (on-demand pay) through partnerships with HR platforms, allowing employees to access their pay as it’s earned with no interest, no mandatory fees, and no changes to payroll.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, NY, USA
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (earliest mention in awards: 2022)
- **Founders**: Nico Simko (CEO & Co-Founder) and Erik Webb (COO & Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Financial technology (Fintech), Earned Wage Access (EWA), Embedded Finance
- Target customers: B2B – HR platforms (payroll, workforce management, HCM, wallets) that embed Clair’s EWA solution; B2B2C – end users (employees) of those platforms
- Mission or purpose statement: “Clair is on a mission to redefine payday by making earned wages instantly accessible … to create more financial freedom for America’s workforce.” [getclair.com/about](https://getclair.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Clair for Payroll**: Embedded EWA solution that integrates with payroll platforms (e.g., Gusto) – no changes to payroll, no employer cost, automatic repayment at next payroll run. [getclair.com](https://getclair.com/)
- **Clair for Workforce Management**: EWA solution integrated with WFM platforms, offering advances based on hours worked, with zero setup for employers. [getclair.com](https://getclair.com/)
- **Clair Embedded API**: White-label API that product, design, and engineering teams can use to build EWA directly into their own apps, minimizing integration effort. [getclair.com](https://getclair.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Over 5 million professionals nationwide have access to Clair through partner platforms. [getclair.com/careers](https://getclair.com/careers)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners include Pathward®, N.A. (national bank for compliance); HR platforms such as Gusto (case study cited). Financial partners and investors are listed on the careers page but not named publicly. [getclair.com/careers](https://getclair.com/careers) | [getclair.com](https://getclair.com/)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 3x higher employee conversion with embedded solution vs. employer-integrated
  - 80% employee availability after employer opt‑outs
  - 20% average adoption rate (among eligible employees)
  - 99% of users take their first advance within 2 minutes of starting enrollment
  - Median time from initial contract to beta go-live: 4 months
  - NPS of 80. [getclair.com](https://getclair.com/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Compliance-first**: Clair partners with a regulated bank (Pathward, N.A.) and ensures adherence to state-by-state EWA legislation, reducing regulatory risk for platforms and employers.
- **Zero burden on employers**: No changes to payroll, no added HR work, no setup fees, and no cost to offer the benefit. Automatic repayment at payroll run.
- **Unique underwriting model**: Uses real-time earnings data from partner platforms to offer no-interest, non-recourse wage advances.
- **Embedded distribution**: Deep integration into existing payroll/WFM apps drives high adoption and conversion without requiring employers to sign up separately.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening partnerships with digital payroll, HCM, and workforce management platforms to scale EWA reach.
- Maintaining compliance leadership as the regulatory landscape evolves.
- Building out its embedded fintech engine to offer additional financial solutions (e.g., savings, credit) through the same channels.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Certified Great Place to Work® (2021–2023). 100% of employees say it’s a great place to work (vs. 57% at a typical U.S. company). [greatplacetowork.com](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/en/certified-company/7026198)
- **Values**: “Take ownership,” “Listen, learn, then speak boldly,” “Adapt to make an impact,” “Find an opportunity to have fun.” [getclair.com/careers](https://getclair.com/careers)
- **Work environment**: HQ in New York City. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated; open positions listed on Ashby suggest remote-friendly roles.
- **Perks/Engineering culture**: Mission-driven team building meaningful financial solutions; autonomy and end-to-end ownership; fast growth with “challenging—and rewarding” work. [getclair.com/careers](https://getclair.com/careers)
- **Recognition**: Ranked #55 Fortune Best Small Workplaces™ 2022, #41 Fortune Best Workplaces in New York™ 2023 (Small and Medium). [greatplacetowork.com](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/en/certified-company/7026198)

## Sources
1. [getclair.com](https://getclair.com/)
2. [getclair.com/careers](https://getclair.com/careers)
3. [getclair.com/about](https://getclair.com/about)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/clair](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clair)
5. [greatplacetowork.com](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/en/certified-company/7026198)

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