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Software Engineer - DEIP

Clever

Clever

Software Engineering
United States · California, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA · Remote
USD 115k-148k / year
Posted on Jan 8, 2026

Clever is on a mission to connect every student, worldwide, to a world of learning. With our identity platform for education, we serve 77% of U.S. schools and over 1 million K12 students internationally. As a trusted partner for schools and educators, we provide secure, seamless access to digital learning tools that empower students everywhere. Clever, a Kahoot! Company, is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, but our impact extends far beyond. Learn more about us at www.clever.com.

The Data Engineering and Internal Products (DEIP) team is looking for a Software Engineer. You’ll be responsible for designing, building, and improving platforms and services that empower our customers and other teams at Clever.

You’ll be a part of a team that:

Empowers a Data-Driven Organization

Teams across Clever, including Product, Engineering, Marketing, Executives, and Customer Success, use data to make good decisions. Our team provides the platforms that make this possible. We are continually working to better enable insights and activate data.

Helps our Customers to be Data-Driven too

Our customers are hungry for data. We focus on empowering our customers with great external analytics products that will help them be data-driven.

Building Great Internal Products that Clever employees use Every Day

Teams across Clever need tools to help them with their day-to-day work. We own internal products that allow teams to manage otherwise difficult tasks. These internal products keep Clever running smoothly.

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

You will be responsible for designing and building services and products that support scaling company processes, improving decision making, and empowering customers with actionable data. You’ll work on projects like:

  • Building and scaling our analytics pipeline for simplified data management and moving quickly to enable business and product analytics
  • Developing Clever’s internal products to make our people and processes more productive and secure
  • Managing Clever’s data warehouse and optimizing for scale as we grow our user base and product surface area
  • Expanding and scaling our external analytics products to fulfill the analytics demands of external customers

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

  • 2+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • Programming experience in a variety of software technologies such as but not limited to: Javascript, Go, Java, C++, SQL and noSQL databases, and cloud services
  • Demonstrated experience with data technologies
  • Strong technical documentation skills with an appreciation of the value of clear and complete documentation
  • Participation as an effective team member, and as well as work cross-functionally with other organizations
  • Proficiency in writing and troubleshooting complex SQL queries to support analytics, data platform, and backend logic
  • Optional experience with AWS managed infrastructure is a plus (e.g. AWS Lambda, Kinesis, Redshift)
  • A desire to work in a diverse, highly collaborative team environment
  • Commitment to inclusion and belonging: Clever believes that the classrooms we serve and our company’s halls should be spaces that are diverse and inclusive. We seek opportunities and celebrate actions that further allow us to build diverse teams, include every voice, and create a safe space for everyone to bring their authentic selves into the workplace.

CLEVER BENEFITS AND PERKS:

  • A competitive salary
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Top-notch healthcare, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
  • Best-in-class mental healthcare service that supports employees' mental and emotional wellness
  • A generous personal development yearly budget which can be used for courses, conferences, trainings, books, and more
  • A comprehensive Learning & Development program that enables employees to enhance their skills, knowledge, and functional expertise
  • Annual company and team events to connect with fun, bright coworkers

SALARY TRANSPARENCY:

The range of our base salary cash compensation for this role for candidates living in the United States, besides NYC and San Francisco, CA, is between $115,000 - $135,000. For candidates living in NYC and San Francisco, CA is between $126,000 - $148,000. All final offers are determined using multiple factors including experience and level of expertise.

Clever does not conduct interviews via text or Telegram. We will never ask for your financial information or reimbursement of equipment of any kind. If you receive any communications regarding employment with Clever that you think might be a scam, please email recruitingscam@clever.com.

If you are a resident of Colorado, please note you have the right to redact your age-related information like age, birth date, or dates of schooling.