[Hiring] Senior Integrations Engineer @Clera

Role Description

This is a senior individual contributor (IC) backend engineering role at a well-funded Series A startup building an AI-enabled, device-agnostic risk-management platform for cold-chain logistics. The platform helps pharma and perishables shippers and carriers reduce product loss, improve operational efficiency, and make smarter decisions in real time — answering who, what, when, where, and how for every shipment.

You'll be a key technical voice on a lean, high-velocity team of ~27, designing and shipping the distributed systems that sit at the heart of the product. Your work directly protects high-value shipments that people depend on.

What You'll Do

• Design and build backend services powering the logistics orchestration and decision-intelligence platform.
• Own data-heavy distributed systems that contextualize IoT monitoring data and quantify shipment risk in real time.
• Build predictive systems for OTIF (on-time, in-full) performance and automate exception-handling workflows.
• Architect and maintain event-driven pipelines for high-volume IoT data ingestion and processing.
• Partner closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to influence product and architecture decisions.
• Champion software engineering best practices: testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability.
• Build for scale and reliability in a domain where uptime and accuracy genuinely matter.

Qualifications

• 5–15 years of backend engineering experience building scalable, distributed systems.
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language: Python, Java, Go, or Rust (strong Java and/or Python preferred).
• Hands-on experience designing and operating data-heavy distributed systems.
• Experience with IoT data ingestion, processing, and contextualization.
• Proficiency with relational databases (SQL) and data modeling; experience with NoSQL databases and ETL pipelines is a plus.
• Experience building event-driven architectures and working with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Experience deploying and operating services on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with API design and development (REST and/or gRPC).
• Strong software engineering practices including testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills; ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions.
• Eligibility to work in the United States or ability to obtain visa sponsorship (sponsorship available).

Nice to Have

• Domain knowledge in logistics, cold chain, shipment risk quantification, or OTIF prediction.
• Prior experience at logistics-tech, supply-chain, or IoT-focused companies.
• Familiarity with data security, privacy, and regulatory requirements relevant to pharma or cold-chain domains.
• Prior work at a growth-stage or Series A startup.

Benefits

• Base salary: $130,000 – $160,000 USD annually
• Equity participation
• Cash bonus
• Visa sponsorship available

Location & Work Arrangement

• Fully remote, open to candidates based anywhere in the United States.
• US-aligned working hours required.
• The company has offices in Indianapolis, IN and Austin, TX.

Interview Process

• Manager introductory chat
• Take-home technical assessment
• Final interview