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Software Engineer, Backend

Clay offers a unique platform that combines over 100 data sources to assist businesses in their go-to-market efforts through data enrichment and workflow automation.

Clay

Employee count: 51-200

United States only

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We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our Performance team to help solve large-scale systems problems and optimize the throughput and reliability of our core systems.

Requirements

  • Perform comprehensive analyses of our systems to identify and address performance bottlenecks.
  • Create and monitor meaningful performance metrics for various components of our services
  • Advise other teams within engineering on scalable and performant feature design and implementation
  • Address critical scalability challenges such as sharding Postgres and Redis, splitting ECS tasks into multiple services to scale independently, and addressing Node event loop blockages.

Benefits

  • Customers love the product (100K+ users and growing)
  • Incredible culture (our customers keep applying to work here)
  • Well-resourced - We raised a $100M Series C in 2025 at a $3.1B valuation and are backed by world-class investors like Capital G (Google), Sequoia and Meritech

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Full Time

Experience level

Entry-level

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United States +/- 0 hours

About Clay

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Clay is a company that empowers individuals and businesses by providing a platform to access over 100 premium data sources. This platform is designed to facilitate Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies by enabling users to convert insights into actionable growth workflows. With a focus on enriching customer data and automating processes, Clay offers a suite of tools powered by AI that helps teams to better engage with their clients and improve their sales outcomes.

By automating manual data gathering and enrichment, Clay allows businesses to uncover essential insights that were previously difficult to obtain. Their AI research agents handle tasks such as flagging fraudulent domains, summarizing job postings, and cleaning data, which enables companies to focus on strategic activities rather than administrative burdens. As a result, businesses can achieve significant improvements in their lead enrichment and sales data capabilities, streamlining workflows and optimizing outreach.

Employee benefits

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Results-oriented team

Small, sharp team focused on results over fluff.

Access to top founders and operators

Direct access to top startup founders and operators.

Remote-first culture

Offers a remote-first and async-friendly work environment.

Fast feedback and clear expectations

Provides fast feedback, clear expectations, and a chance to ship weekly.

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