Clay Looking for Software Engineer Early Career (2025) at New York, NY Full Time

Clay is a creative tool for growth. Our mission is to help businesses grow — without huge investments in tooling or manual labor. We’re already helping over 100,000 people grow their business with Clay. From local pizza shops to enterprises like Anthropic and Notion, our tool lets you instantly translate any idea that you have for growing your company into reality. We’re looking for sharp, low-ego people to help us turn every business’s creative ideas into a reality. Check out our wall of love to learn more about the product.

Why is Clay the best place to work in New York?

• Customers love the product (100K+ users and growing)
• We’re growing a lot (10x YoY for the past two years)
• Incredible culture (our customers keep applying to work here)
• In-person work (beautiful office space in Flatiron)
• Well-resourced (raised a Series B in June 2024 from investors like Sequoia and Meritech)

We’re looking for enthusiastic and motivated new grads with a strong technical background to join our team. This is a full-time opportunity to take ownership of impactful projects as we continue to scale our product.

As a New Grad Software Engineer, you’ll work closely with our product, engineering, and data teams, gaining hands-on experience in every aspect of software development. You’ll play an integral role in building and enhancing features, contributing directly to our codebase, and solving complex challenges using cutting-edge technologies. If you’re eager to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced startup environment, we’d love to have you on board!

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end software development projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, and data.
• Build and maintain features using JavaScript/TypeScript, contributing directly to our product’s growth and scalability.
• Engage with customers to gather feedback, explore pain points, and collaborate on solutions that improve the product experience.
• Present your work to the broader team and receive mentorship to accelerate your growth in technical and professional skills.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong Technical Skills: Experience in JavaScript/TypeScript is preferred. You have a solid foundation in coding and building software solutions.
• Self-Starter Attitude: You take initiative, thrive in a dynamic environment, and are proactive in suggesting and implementing new ideas.
• Customer-Centric Mindset: You enjoy working closely with customers and are motivated to develop solutions that address their needs creatively and efficiently.
• Passion for Innovation: You’re excited about working with cutting-edge technologies like LLMs and enjoy experimenting to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Life @ Clay

Based out of a central office on 19th Street in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. We love the energy of in-person collaboration while also offering the flexibility to work from home when needed.

• Competitive salary and role trajectory: Roles, responsibilities, and comp grow as we do
• Health insurance: Fully funded, high quality health, dental & vision coverage (including 80-100% therapy coverage)
• Visa sponsorship: We get it – it’s an arduous process, but we’re not scared of it
• Paid time off: We expect team members to take at least 3 weeks fully-disconnected per year, with a flexible vacation policy beyond that
• Free lunch: Lunch is provided in office every day
• Parental leave & fertility support: IVF fertility benefits, egg freezing, and 4 months of paid parental leave

Learn more about Clay and what it’s like to work with us right here!