Clerk is looking for product-minded Software Engineers to help us establish sturdy architectural patterns that support ongoing delivery of new functionality to
Clerk’s Dashboard.
About Clerk
Clerk is on a mission to solve user management once and for all. We are a globally distributed team dedicated to providing best-in-class developer experience, with obsessive attention to every detail. Today, we provide developers with full-stack React components and hooks like , , , useUser, and useOrganization. These APIs allow developers to build hard-to-get-right user and organization management flows. We believe that a component is worth a thousand APIs.Our Dashboard is a primary tool for configuring our components, as well as a centralized place for managing your app’s users.
What you will do
We’re a small but growing team, with big ambitions. This means you’ll have responsibility far beyond closing out pre-sliced tickets. We’re looking for people that are comfortable working across the stack to solve product problems for real users. While we’re hiring for a role that is focused on our Dashboard product, you’ll come to find that our Dashboard is a crucial way for Clerk to dogfood our own product; and therefore is also critical for generating product feedback and driving the direction of Clerk as a business.We will expect you to:
Own the frontend architecture - you’ll work hand-in-glove with multiple teams doing feature development that touch the Dashboard. You’ll need to own the architecture that they are building on
Collaborate with teammates to release new features - we have a world-class UI Engineering team that is fantastic at owning the “front of the frontend” **but often they need support from a more traditional frontend engineer to ensure the UIs are built on a solid foundation. Thats where you come in
Continually progress our tooling - as a business that builds dev tools, its crucial we’re exploring and understanding emerging technologies and understanding their trade-offs
Be Customer 0 - Clerk is built on top of Clerk. That means our Dashboard is one of our most advanced customers. The Dashboard is always Customer 0 by integrating upcoming functionality internally first
Embrace a culture of craft by focusing on engineering quality. We want our product to be best-in-class, and so we need our team to write maintainable, performant, and well-structured code.
Who you are
You’re excited by the challenges that come with owning the “back of the frontend” for the Clerk Dashboard. You should be excited by the technical challenges and architectural patterns that enable best-in-class Web Applications.
You’re steeped in the latest data fetching strategies out there in the ecosystem, like RSC and App Router (we use Next.js internally) - and you understand their various trade-offs
You’re passionate about Web App performance (think Web Vitals but also human-centered performance topics like optimistic UI)
You seek intelligent patterns around state management and form handling that enable high-performance UIs
You’re comfortable establishing high quality patterns that other developers adhere to and you fight to maintain those high standards as the product grows in maturity
You’re comfortable building for the most critical user base; other engineers
What you lack in experience in the “UI” department (the front of the frontend), you make up for in experience in the back of the frontend
You’re opinionated about the right way to handle data to-and-from your APIs
You’re excited about the idea of dogfooding the entirety of Clerk’s product surface
Benefits
💰 Competitive Salary – We want you to know that we value the skills and experience you bring to the table. We go out of our way to make sure that you feel fairly compensated.
📈 Equity Ownership – At Clerk, we believe in shared success. That's why we offer a stock option plan so that everyone can benefit from the growth and prosperity of the company.
⚕️ Health Coverage – We care about your well-being. That's why we offer top-tier health insurance to ensure that your health needs are fully met.
🎧 Work Gear - Set up your ideal home office with the gear of your choice. At Clerk, we want to ensure that you have everything you need to perform at your best.
🏖️ Flexible Vacation Policy – We believe in work-life balance and trust you to take the time you need. Although we recommend 25 days per year, our vacation policy is unlimited. This is in addition to observing national holidays specific to your country of residence.
🌍 Diverse and Inclusive Team – Join our exceptional, diverse, and globally distributed team at Clerk. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best in building impactful products and tools for the modern web.
