# Software Engineer, Developer Experience (AI) at Clay

- Company: Clay
- What the company does: Infrastructure to get any data, run agentic workflows, and launch GTM plays. Backed by Sequoia and Sapphire.
- Company website: https://www.clay.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $170K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-03-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/claylabs/9b008b26-189b-45cf-83d8-fee117d32874
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/clay-software-engineer-developer-experience-ai/

## About the role

Clay’s engineering team and codebase are growing quickly, and require continued investment in tooling and infrastructure to operate effectively. In particular, as coding agents continue to advance, the hardest challenges in engineering aren't writing the code itself—they're everything around it: context, environment, validation, testing, and safely integrating changes into real production systems.

## What they're looking for

- We’re looking for strong engineers who enjoy building systems that improve how software gets built
- Have experience building developer tooling, infrastructure, or internal platforms
- Care deeply about developer experience and engineering productivity, including removing obstacles to productivity
- Enjoy designing systems that automate complex workflows
- Are excited about how AI will transform the software development lifecycle
- Write clean, maintainable code and enjoy owning systems end-to-end

Tags: Engineering