Software Engineer, Platform
About the role
The Role
We are hiring Software Engineers (E3) to build the product and systems through which customers experience Clark.
You will own projects and features from customer problem through implementation, working across frontend applications, backend services, integrations, and production systems.
This is a broad engineering role for someone who enjoys operating across the stack, collaborating closely with users and teammates, and taking ownership of meaningful product and technical outcomes.
You will help build customer-facing workflows, integrations, internal tooling, and platform capabilities that support Clark's continued growth.
Why This Role Matters
Clark's customers operate across complex workflows involving documents, accounting systems, workpapers, approvals, evidence, and collaboration.
Software Engineers help turn Clark's AI capabilities into products customers can rely on every day. You'll build the workflows, integrations, and experiences that make audit work faster, more accurate, and more scalable.
The systems you build will directly influence customer experience, product velocity, and our ability to grow alongside our customers.
What You'll Do
Own and ship product features from planning through production
Build intuitive user experiences for complex audit and accounting workflows
Design and implement APIs, services, data models, and application logic
Partner with AI engineers to integrate AI capabilities into customer-facing products
Build integrations with customer systems and third-party platforms
Improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of existing systems
Contribute to shared services, internal tools, and platform capabilities
Improve observability, testing, deployment, and developer workflows
Investigate production issues and help resolve operational challenges
Work closely with Product, Design, Customer Success, Implementation, and Sales teams
Translate business and customer requirements into practical technical solutions
Maintain high standards for security, reliability, and code quality
Contribute to technical discussions and engineering best practices
Who You Are
3-5 years of software engineering experience
Experience building and maintaining production web applications
Strong foundations in software engineering, system design, and debugging
Comfortable owning projects independently from requirements through deployment
Experience building APIs, backend services, and modern web applications
Familiarity with relational databases and cloud infrastructure
Strong product instincts and customer empathy
Comfortable working with ambiguity and making sound technical decisions
Able to balance speed, quality, and maintainability
Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
High ownership and accountability
Excited to work in person with a fast-moving, talent-dense team
Bonus
Experience building enterprise SaaS products or workflow software
Experience building integrations, APIs, or data synchronization systems
Experience with accounting, compliance, financial, or document-management software
Experience incorporating LLMs or AI systems into products
Experience with cloud infrastructure, observability, or platform tooling
Experience automating internal business processes
Experience working at an early-stage startup