Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer at Clerq builds a next‑generation payments platform for high‑ticket transactions, integrating modern bank rails, API services, and risk management to deliver a seamless checkout experience for merchants.
Clerq is a Series A financial technology startup based in New York City. The company’s next generation payments platform delivers a seamless checkout experience for high-ticket transactions.
Leveraging modern bank rails, the platform offers the conversion and UX benefits of cards with risk and money movement infrastructure purpose-built for large purchases. Clerq replaces outdated manual payment methods like cash, checks and wires and expensive card surcharges with a smooth, integrated solution that helps merchants convert more customers without sacrificing margins.
Clerq started with the $1T+ U.S. auto vertical, where it's already powering payments for several of the most recognized brands in the industry. With proven traction, the company has expanded into high-growth adjacencies including powersports, home & office and private travel.
About the role
Own and ship core components of our payments platform including:
core money movement and payments operations functions
integrations with third-party business systems
performance tuning and scaling
reporting and compliance functionality
Design robust and maintainable system architectures
Contribute to the design of customer-facing APIs
Own the delivery of new features from end-to-end
Iterate on internal infrastructure and developer experience such as observability
Maintain high standards of engineering excellence and establish/iterate on best practices throughout the team
Help interview, onboard, and mentor new hires as the team grows
Location: NYC (Flatiron)
Posted June 19, 2026