clara

Senior Backend Engineer (with Frontend Competency) - LATAM (Remote)

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At a Glance

Location
Latin America
Posted
2026-07-07T18:48:46-04:00

Key Requirements

Domain Knowledge

  • Finance
  • Regulatory

Requirements

We're looking for an autonomous, systems-minded engineer who loves complex data flows, values strict security, and understands how to deliver clean code from database to browser.

Fintech Domain Knowledge:

Prior experience with high-traffic payment gateways, ledger systems, or local financial networks (like

Security & Compliance:

Experience handling sensitive financial data (PCI-DSS standards, encryption, tokenization).

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.

Responsibilities

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join Clara's Payments Tribe — We are responsible for powering seamless, secure, and scalable financial transactions across our entire platform.

In this role, you will focus heavily on the engine under the hood.

Your primary strength and passion lie in backend architecture, distributed systems, system design, and complex data orchestration.

While your core focus is the backend, you possess the frontend competence required

to build clean, functional user interfaces, and ensure smooth API consumption on our client-side applications.

AI fluency is central to how we work on this team — you're expected to use it across the full development lifecycle, from design to deployment, and to reach for it whenever it makes you faster or better.