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About the Role

We are looking for a backend product engineer to own the systems behind the parts of Clay our customers use every day. In this role, you will own a surface end to end, deciding what to build with design and GTM partners, shipping it quickly, observing customer usage, and then improving its speed, reliability, and capabilities. You will act as both a Product Manager and an Engineer, tackling numerous interesting problems and technical challenges.

Responsibilities

Own a product surface end to end, from problem definition through measured outcome.
Collaborate with design, data science, and GTM partners to scope work, write specifications, and make product decisions.
Engage directly with customers by participating in calls, reviewing tickets, and observing their usage of Clay.
Ship product iterations quickly and learn from customer feedback.
Build and maintain fast, reliable systems for new product capabilities, including data models, APIs, and jobs.
Address real-world scaling challenges as Clay's usage grows.
Improve the performance and reliability of Clay's codebase.
Enhance the development velocity of the engineering team.
Mentor and learn from other engineers, sharing strengths and acquiring new skills.

Requirements

A proven track record of execution with 4+ years of hands-on engineering experience building products.
A desire to function as both a product manager and an engineer, driving and owning product surfaces end to end.
Strong backend fundamentals including API and schema design, SQL (preferably Postgres), and query optimization.
The ability to anticipate system failures before they occur.
A bias toward impact and shipping, with a focus on learning from production environments.
Empathetic communication skills, able to articulate nuanced ideas clearly to various audiences.
A commitment to prioritizing curiosity over confrontation in disagreements.
A dedication to craft, producing bug-free, understandable code and elevating the engineering standards for the team.
A belief in the value of diverse perspectives for building a better team and product.

Skills

API design
Schema design
SQL
Postgres
Query optimization
Backend fundamentals
Communication
Problem definition
Product scoping
Customer interaction
System design
Performance optimization
Reliability engineering
Codebase improvement
Mentoring
Learning
LLM experience
Agent building experience
React
Typescript
Python
Node.js
AWS services
Aurora
Redis
Elasticache
Elastic Container Registry
ECS
Fargate
Lambda
OpenSearch
Terraform
CircleCI
Netlify
Playwright
Cloudwatch
Datadog
Mezmo
Redis
ElasticSearch

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

4+ years of hands-on engineering experience

Benefits

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About the Company

Clay's mission is to help organizations turn any growth idea into reality, viewing growth as a creative practice.
The company helps thousands of customers, including Anthropic, Notion, Google, and Ramp, with unique data, signals, and AI research.
Clay raised a $100M Series C in 2025 backed by investors like Sequoia, CapitalG, and First Round, and achieved over $100M in revenue.
In 2026, the company announced its second employee tender offer in 9 months at a $5B valuation and launched a community equity round.
Clay's community includes over 11,000 customers, 150+ integration partners, 125+ agencies, 50+ Clay clubs, and 30,000 Slack members.
The company culture is unique, with team members pursuing diverse interests outside of work.
Clay operates with principles like negative maintenance and non-attached action.
The company has been featured in publications such as the NYT, Forbes, and First Round Review.
Employee experiences can be found on Clay's Glassdoor page.