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# Software Engineer Backend (Java)

- **Company:** CLEAR - Corporate
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Github, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Backend, Containerization, Deployment Automation, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=642f98921b011770

## About the Role

* 3+ years of backend software development experience in Java
 * Working with cloud-based application development, and being fluent in at least a few of:
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 + Cloud service providers like AWS
 + Containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
 + Collaboration, integration, and deployment tools like Github, Argo, and Jenkins
 * Articulating technical concepts to a mixed audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * Collaborating and mentoring less experienced members of the team
 * Comfort with ambiguity
 * Curiosity about technology, belief in constant learning, and the ability to be autonomous to figure out what's important

## Description

* Java / Kafka / Postgres
 * AWS cloud

What you'll do:

 * Advance our capabilities across a wide array of industries and domains and gain hands-on experience with privacy, security, data modeling and architecture
 * Develop and deliver code across the full stack, driving engineering excellence by defining to best practices in testing, documentation and observability
 * Partner with product and other stakeholders to uncover requirements, to innovate, and to solve complex problems
 * Have a strong sense of ownership, responsible for architectural decision-making and striving for continuous improvement in technology and processes at CLEAR


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