at Clara · 251-500 employees
Clara is a Mexico-based fintech that provides corporate cards and AI-powered spend-management software to medium and large enterprises across Latin America.
<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong data-start="314" data-end="386">Ready to accelerate your career?</strong></h2> <div> <p data-start="563" data-end="823">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.</p> <p data-start="563" data-end="823">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. <br><br>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.</p> </div></div><h2>What you’ll do</h2> <p>We’re looking for a <strong>Full Stack Software Engineer</strong> to own backend and frontend development in Clara’s Collections squad. You’ll build features end-to-end — from data models and APIs to the interfaces our customers and internal teams use. This is a high-ownership role: you won’t wait for a ticket to tell you what to do; you’ll identify gaps, propose solutions, and ship.</p> <ul> <li>Design and implement backend services in <strong>Java + Spring Boot</strong>, with a focus on financial flows (payments, collections, reconciliation)</li> <li>Build and maintain frontend interfaces in <strong>React + TypeScript</strong> — you’re comfortable owning a feature across both layers</li> <li>Model data and manage <strong>PostgreSQL</strong> and <strong>Redis</strong> for transactional and caching needs</li> <li>Work with <strong>event-driven architectures</strong> (Kafka or similar) in a distributed microservices environment</li> <li>Build and secure <strong>RESTful APIs</strong> for internal and external consumption</li> <li>Use <strong>AI coding tools (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor)</strong> as a default part of your workflow — we expect this, not just welcome it</li> <li>Collaborate with your Pod Lead and PM to translate product needs into technical decisions, and push back when something doesn’t make sense</li> </ul> <hr> <h2>Who you are</h2> <h3>Must haves</h3> <ul> <li>3–5 years of backend development experience in <strong>Java</strong>, including <strong>Spring Boot</strong></li> <li>Hands-on experience with <strong>React</strong> and <strong>TypeScript</strong> — you’ve shipped real UI, not just tutorials</li> <li>Solid understanding of <strong>PostgreSQL</strong> and distributed systems fundamentals</li> <li>Experience with <strong>CI/CD, Docker, Git, and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)</strong></li> <li><strong>AI-augmented development is how you work</strong> — you use AI tools daily to write, review, and debug code; you can speak concretely about how it’s changed your output</li> <li>You identify what’s missing before someone asks — proactive, not reactive</li> <li>Working proficiency in <strong>English and Spanish</strong></li> </ul> <h3>Nice to haves</h3> <ul> <li>Experience with <strong>Kafka</strong>, <strong>RabbitMQ</strong>, or other message brokers</li> <li>Background in <strong>financial services, payments, or fintech</strong> — domain ramp is real; prior exposure matters</li> <li>Experience in <strong>Kubernetes</strong> and production observability</li> <li>You’ve built something — side project, open source, internal tool — that you’re proud of and can walk us through</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><h2 data-start="172" data-end="190"><strong data-start="172" data-end="190">Why join Clara</strong></h2> <p data-start="192" data-end="352">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.</p> <h4 data-start="354" data-end="368"><strong data-start="354" data-end="368">Who we are</strong></h4> <ul data-start="370" data-end="902"> <li data-start="370" data-end="446"> <p data-start="372" data-end="446">We’re the leading <strong data-start="390" data-end="426">B2B fintech for spend management</strong> in Latin America.</p> </li> <li data-start="447" data-end="568"> <p data-start="449" data-end="568">Certified as one of the world's fastest-growing companies, a <strong data-start="510" data-end="533">Great Place to Work</strong>, and a <strong data-start="541" data-end="565">LinkedIn Top Startup</strong>.</p> </li> <li data-start="569" data-end="643"> <p data-start="571" data-end="643">Passionate about making Latin America more prosperous and competitive.</p> </li> <li data-start="644" data-end="749"> <p data-start="646" data-end="749">Constantly innovating to build financial infrastructure that enables each of our customers to thrive.</p> </li> <li data-start="750" data-end="837"> <p data-start="752" data-end="837">Product-led, high-talent-density culture — designed for builders who raise the bar.</p> </li> <li data-start="838" data-end="902"> <p data-start="840" data-end="902">Proud of our open, inclusive, and values-driven environment.</p> </li> </ul> <h4 data-start="904" data-end="926"><strong data-start="904" data-end="926">What we believe in</strong></h4> <ul data-start="928" data-end="1366"> <li data-start="928" data-end="995"> <p data-start="930" data-end="995"><strong data-start="930" d