Engineering Manager, Infrastructure

CLEAR

New York, NY

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$275,000–$350,000 Per Year

SKILLS

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Architectural Services, Automation, Best Practices, Business Operations, Career Counseling, Cloud Computing, Coaching, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Integration, Cross-Functional, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Computing, Engineering Management, High Availability, Incident Management, Incident Response, Interpersonal Skills, Java, LinkedIn, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Metrics, Operational Improvement, Operational Strategy, Performance Management, Programming Languages, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Release Management/Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Scalable System Development, Service Level Agreement (SLA), Set Goals, Software Development, Software Engineering, System Architecture, System Operations, Systems Reliability, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Leadership

LOCATION

New York, NY

POSTED

Today

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.

We are seeking a strategically-minded, technology-focused, and customer-centric Engineering Manager to lead one of our Infrastructure teams here. You will lead a team responsible for building, operating, and scaling the cloud infrastructure and platform systems that underpin CLEAR's services, ensuring reliability, performance, and security across our environments.

A successful candidate brings strong experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and operational excellence, along with a solid foundation in software engineering. You are an effective communicator who can lead complex infrastructure initiatives from inception through delivery, and thrive in fast-paced environments. This role requires a focus on building resilient, scalable systems, driving automation, and leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.

What you'll do:

Hire, develop, and grow engineering talent through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development planning
Set clear goals and expectations, provide regular feedback, and foster accountability across the team
Own and execute the roadmap for cloud infrastructure and platform engineering, and reliability initiatives
Design, build, and operate a scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platform infrastructure
Drive automation across infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operations to improve efficiency and reduce manual overhead
Establish and enforce best practices for system reliability, observability, incident response, and disaster recovery
Partner with engineering teams to improve deployment pipelines, service operability, and production readiness
Provide technical leadership, making clear architectural decisions and communicating trade-offs, risks, and impacts
Own operational excellence through metrics, SLAs/SLOs, and continuous improvement of system performance, reliability, and cost

What you're great at:

3+ years of experience managing and developing software engineers, with strong coaching and team leadership skills
Strong experience with CI/CD systems, infrastructure automation, and release engineering
Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and distributed systems architecture
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
Strong expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale
Experience designing for high availability, fault tolerance, and operational resilience
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, and or Java) and solid software engineering fundamentals
Experience with observability tooling (monitoring, logging, tracing) and incident management practices
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence teams to adopt infrastructure and operational best practices
Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Curious, proactive, and committed to continuous learning and improvement

How You'll be Rewarded:

At CLEAR we help YOU move forward - because when you're at your best, we're at our best. You'll work with talented team members who are motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our hybrid work environment provides flexibility. In our offices, you'll enjoy benefits like meals and snacks. We invest in your well-being and learning & development with our stipend and reimbursement programs.

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.

The total compensation range for this role is $275,000-$350,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.

This range represents the combined base salary, annual bonus incentive, and new hire equity package (in Restricted Stock Units) for this position at CLEAR. Additionally, this role will be eligible for refresh equity grants as part of our ongoing compensation program. Actual compensation will vary based on factors including, but not limited to, location, education, skills, experience, and performance. All stock based compensation will be subject to the terms and conditions of applicable agreements.

CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to report any suspicious activity.

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