--- title: 'Staff Software Engineer - Frontend & AI Tooling (AI Enablement) (Ingeniero de Software Staff - Frontend y Herramientas IA) - Hybrid at Clara' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-frontend-ai-tooling-ai-enablement-ingeniero-de-software-5ps678tmqpvs' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-04' --- # Staff Software Engineer - Frontend & AI Tooling (AI Enablement) (Ingeniero de Software Staff - Frontend y Herramientas IA) - Hybrid at Clara - **Company:** Clara - **Location:** Bogota, Colombia / Mexico City, Mexico / Sao Paulo, Brazil - **Posted:** 2026-08-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/clara/jobs/5201824007 ## Job description Ready to accelerate your career? Clara is the fastest-growing company in Latin America. We've built the leading solution for companies to make and manage all their payments. We already help over 20,000 large and growing businesses operate with agility and financial clarity through locally issued corporate cards, bill pay, financing, and a powerful B2B platform built for scale. Clara is backed by some of the most successful investors in the world, including top regional VCs like monashees, Kaszek, and Canary, and leading global funds like Notable Capital, Coatue, DST Global Partners, ICONIQ Growth, General Catalyst, Citi Ventures, SV Angel, Citius, Endeavor Catalyst, and Goldman Sachs - in addition to dozens of angel investors and local family offices. We’re building the financial infrastructure that powers high-performing organizations across the region. We invite you to join us if you want to be part of a fast-paced environment that will accelerate your career and support you to do some of the best work of your life alongside a passionate and committed team distributed across the Americas. ## What you'll do AI Enablement is the team that builds the AI infrastructure the rest of Clara's engineering org runs on. We're not a team that "adds AI to a product" — we build the tools other teams build with. Live examples today: Clara Builders (an internal skills marketplace and self-service app platform), an agent that turns Figma designs directly into production code through MCP, a documentation agent that keeps internal knowledge in sync with the codebases it describes, and n8n automations already running in production across several business teams. We're looking for a senior engineer to own the frontend architecture of Clara Builders and go deep on the systems behind it — backend services, agent infrastructure, and the AI tooling other teams across Clara rely on. This is deliberately not a frontend-only role: you'll be expected to move into backend and infra whenever the problem calls for it, and to build AI tooling yourself rather than just apply it to your own tickets. Concretely, Clara Builders is a Next.js 15 (App Router) + TypeScript app on Prisma/Postgres, with a self-service Dokploy deploy pipeline (staging → beta → production, gated by a pending/approved environment lifecycle) and a Cloudflare AI Gateway layer that proxies multiple LLM providers behind one internal endpoint. You'd be joining while we're actively building the next layer on top of that: OAuth Clients support and unified access proposals, both in progress and largely undocumented today — you'd be shaping them, not inheriting a finished spec. We move fast and trust our engineers to own outcomes end-to-end. That means autonomy to make decisions, proactivity to surface problems before they become blockers, and the attitude to push initiatives across the finish line without waiting to be told what to do. Your responsibilities will include: - Owning frontend architecture for Clara Builders (Next.js 15 App Router, React, TypeScript, Tailwind + shadcn/ui) and the component system that powers skills and app generation - Extending the backend in the same repo — Prisma/Postgres data models, auth flows, and the self-service Dokploy deployment pipeline (staging/beta/production with its pending → approved environment lifecycle) - Working directly in the AI Gateway layer — the Cloudflare AI Gateway proxy that fronts multiple LLM providers behind one internal endpoint — to add providers, harden routing, or expose new models to builders - Building and extending agent infrastructure: the Figma-to-code MCP agent, the documentation-sync agent, and the n8n automation flows already running in production - Designing and shipping new AI tooling from scratch — our own roadmap right now includes OAuth Clients and unified access proposals, both undocumented and actively being defined - Contributing to the GitHub org access model: self-service OAuth-based org membership with automated drift detection against clara-team - Setting the technical bar for frontend and AI-tooling work across the pod — through code review and the standard you hold in your own work ## Who you are - Solid foundation in modern frontend engineering (React, Next.js App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind/shadcn) — that's the floor of this role, not the ceiling - Real evidence of building on top of LLMs, not just using them — agents, MCP servers/integrations, LLM gateway or proxy patterns, automation pipelines (n8n or similar) — not "I use Copilot daily" - Comfortable stepping into backend when the problem needs it — Postgres, Prisma (or an equivalent typed ORM), auth flows (OAuth/NextAuth-style), API design - High autonomy and ownership mindset — Clara's pod model has no EM assigning tasks; you define your own scope inside the team's goals and drive it - Nice to have: experience with design-to-code pipelines, design systems, or building internal developer platforms - English proficiency - A genuine pull toward AI. You don't need to be an expert, but you're actively experimenting with AI tools in your day-to-day work, keep up with where the space is going, and are eager to apply it to how we build. At Clara, AI is part of how we work, not a side topic We've kept this list short on purpose — these are the things that actually matter. If you check most of these and the rest you'd close with curiosity and the right tools, we want to hear from you. ## Why join Clara At Clara, you’ll have the autonomy, speed, and support to make meaningful impact — not just on your team, but on how organizations are run across Latin America. ## Who we are - We’re the leading B2B fintech for spend management in Latin America. - Certified as one of the world's fastest-growing companies, a Great Place to Work, and a LinkedIn Top Startup. - Passionate about making Latin America more prosperous and competitive. - Constantly innovating to build financial infrastructure that enables each of our customers to thrive. - Product-led, high-talent-density culture — designed for builders who raise the bar. - Proud of our open, inclusive, and values-driven environment. ## What we believe in - #Clarity. We say things clearly, directly, and proactively. - #Simplicity. We reduce noise to focus on what really matters. - #Ownership. We take responsibility and never wait to be told. - #Pride. We build products and experiences we’re proud of. - #Always Be Changing (ABC). We grow through feedback, risk-taking, and action. - #Inclusivity. Every voice counts. Everyone contributes to our mission. ## What we offer - Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one - Multicultural team with daily exposure to Portuguese, Spanish, and English (our corporate language) - Annual learning budget and internal accelerated development paths - High-ownership environment: we move fast, learn fast, and raise the bar — together - Smart, ambitious teammates — low ego, high impact - Flexible vacation and hybrid work model focused on results If you’re ready for growth, ownership, and impact — apply now and help us redefine B2B finance in Latin America. Clara’s Hybrid Policy Claridians in a hybrid mode split their time between working from the office, talking to or visiting customers, or working from home. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for each individual and team. We don't enforce a minimum number of days for most roles, but you're expected to spend time at the office organically, and be at the office most days during your ramp-up or when required by your leader. ## About Clara ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Clara is the leading corporate payments and spend management platform in Latin America, providing companies with corporate cards, bill payments, cross-border transfers, and AI-powered expense management. - **Entity Type**: Private (Debt-II stage; total funding of $770M) - **Headquarters**: São Paulo, Brazil (Rua Doutor Renato Paes de Barros, 33, Itaim Bibi) - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Fintech / Corporate Payments & Spend Management - **Target customers**: B2B; mid-market to enterprise companies across Latin America (30,000+ companies in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia) - **Mission or purpose**: To build world-class financial infrastructure for Latin America, enabling businesses to scale without borders. ## Products & Services - **Corporate Credit Cards**: Global and local cards with customizable limits, controls, and real-time oversight for team spending. - **Bill Pay & Cross-Border Payments**: Automated vendor payments and cross-border transfers. - **Expense Management Platform**: AI-powered expense reporting, approvals, compliance, and receipt matching (Smart Match). - **TravelPay**: Virtual cards and tracking for all travel-related payments, preventing unauthorized charges. - **Reimbursements**: Fast, automated reimbursement flows for out-of-pocket spend. - **Clara Intelligence™**: Real-time analytics and AI-driven insights that centralize and analyze all company spend. - **Integrations**: Direct integrations with leading ERPs (Oracle NetSuite, SAP Concur, Zoho Expense, ARGO Solutions). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $770M (including debt); most recent round was Debt-II raised 5 months ago (as of mid-2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: monashees, Kaszek, Canary, Notable Capital, Coatue, DST Global Partners, ICONIQ Growth, General Catalyst, Citi Ventures, SV Angel, Citius, Endeavor Catalyst, Goldman Sachs - **Growth Signals**: Named LatAm’s fastest-growing company by the Financial Times in both 2025 and 2026; serves 30,000+ companies across Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil; raised $80M in sales growth funding (per Bloomberg); expanding Brazil operations "quickly" (per Reuters) ## Competitive Advantages - **Regional focus**: Purpose-built for Latin America, solving local pain points (cross-border payments, local card issuance, tax optimization) that global competitors often miss. - **AI-powered platform**: Clara Intelligence™ provides real-time spend analytics and automated receipt matching, saving customers an average of 4.6M hours of work and +30% in tax deductions. - **Scale & trust**: Trusted by 30,000+ industry leaders; named LatAm’s fastest-growing company by the Financial Times (2025, 2026). - **Enterprise-grade security**: ISO 27001 and PCI DSS 4.0 certified. ## Strategic Focus - **Geographic expansion**: Deepening presence in Brazil (growing "quickly" per Reuters) and scaling across Mexico and Colombia. - **Product breadth**: Continuing to build an all-in-one financial OS for LatAm businesses, including bill pay, cross-border payments, and AI-powered spend intelligence. - **Capital markets**: Recently raised $80M for sales growth (per Bloomberg) and additional debt financing to fuel expansion. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as a place where people are "smart, own their work, and care deeply about the mission, and about each other." Values include Ownership, Simplicity, Pride, Clarity, Inclusivity, and "ABC (Always Be Changing)." - **Remote/hybrid policy**: Remote-first flexibility; some roles (e.g., Finance Analyst in São Paulo) are hybrid. - **Benefits**: Competitive salary, equity, health coverage, remote-first flexibility, learning and development budget, home office stipend, parental leave, and flexible PTO. - **Engineering culture**: High ownership from day one; work reaches 30,000+ companies across a region of 650 million people. Teams include Engineering, Data Science, Risk, Product, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Happiness. - **Growth opportunity**: Named LatAm’s fastest-growing company; employees get to "do the best work of their lives" at massive scale. ## Sources 1. [clara.com](https://www.clara.com/) 2. [clara.com/careers](https://www.clara.com/resources/careers) 3. [Greenhouse Job Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/clara) 4. 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