About the Role

• Customer focused. A bulk of this role will involve working closely with customers to troubleshoot their technical problems and find creative solutions. The rest of the time will be spent on independent feature development based off this customer feedback.
• Creative problem solving. Clay is a pretty wild product that users can mold to create expansive solutions. This role is for those who love debugging complex problems, solution prototyping & shipping product, or have a knack for technical hacks to personal pain points.
• Build for scale. A part of Clay’s strength lies in the ability to convert creative custom solutions into key product features. In this role, you’ll get to prototype, design and ship functions that become core to the product.
• Collaborate with growing startups. As with most SaaS companies, Clay serves both individual and enterprise users. Collaborating with our customers, you’ll design new automations and solutions alongside our champion users at rapidly growing startups.
• Take ownership. Clay is a high-trust, ownership-focused environment. Alongside our company-wide goals, individual team members have the opportunity, and are encouraged, to define what they think is most important, get things done, and drive those initiatives forward.

Key Qualities

• Demonstrated ability to ship high-quality, well-tested features. A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, or 3+ years working as an engineer in production environments.
• A design-minded approach to abstractions. A big part of simplifying software development is choosing the right abstractions. In this role, you’ll be responsible for designing and crafting internal and external systems, and APIs that are elegant and intuitive to use.
• Empathy-first. We care deeply about those in the Clay community and are often thought partners on their go to market or growth strategies. You empathize with users, quickly grasp the issues they’re facing and help them feel proud of what they’re building.
• Collaborative with a learner-mindset. This is a cross-functional role, partnering with the rest of our team. You’re excited to communicate openly, give and receive thoughtful feedback, and have a chance to learn from people who excel in their areas of expertise.
• Familiarity with our stack. Our stack is currently Node, React and Redux. We hope you will be proficient in JavaScript (Node, React, vanilla JS), or have a demonstrated knowledge of another general purpose programming language and the ability to learn quickly.

Working @ Clay

• Based out of a spacious sunlit loft in Williamsburg, we’re big on taking care of our team and always excited to hear different ideas that can help us to do this better.
• Competitive salary and role trajectory. Roles, responsibilities, and comp grow as we do.
• Health insurance. Fully funded, high quality health, dental & vision coverage.
• Visa sponsorship. We get it - it’s an arduous process, but we’re not scared of it.
• Flexible schedules and paid time off. We ask team members to take at least 2 weeks fully-disconnected per year, with a flexible vacation policy beyond that.
• Annual company retreats. Fun times where Claymakers play, think and learn
• Personal comfort. Order whatever equipment you think will help you work more enjoyably.