Senior Software Engineer, Observability

NYHQ💼 Full-time💰 $225,000–$225,000🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-26

Core

Establishing the Observability framework and foundations for a secure identity platform to ensure reliability and scalability.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Observability & SRE)

Builds

Observability frameworks, load testing cases, capacity plans, and resilient distributed systems.

Domain

Identity & Access Management / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Java, Python, distributed systems (CAP theorem), microservices, distributed tracing, Datadog, performance debugging, flame graph analysis

Preferred skills

chaos engineering, game days, incident post-mortems, capacity planning, mentoring

Technologies

Datadog, Java, Python

Responsibilities

Embed within Engineering to implement observability across key flows; Facilitate and build load testing cases; Contribute to observability and support design of new services; Build and lead practices such as game days, chaos engineering, and failure analysis; Build long-term capacity plans.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About CLEAR

CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 38 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences.