Clojurians Log v2

Posting on behalf of https://pearlscore.com Looking for a Senior Clojure Engineer

Job Title: Clojure Backend Software Engineer (Core Engineering)
Department: Corporate / Technology
Reports To: Senior Software Engineer, VP of Engineering
Other Key Relationships: Senior Software Engineer (Mobile), other engineering team members, product managers, UX designer
Location: Remote‑first, with with at least 6 h overlap to US Eastern business hours

# Position Summary
We are building an application to a new stack centered on Clojure APIs, Snowflake, Terraform‑defined infrastructure, and Dockerized services. You will primarily work on backend development using Clojure, which needs to at least have parity with the Django service it is replacing. Having some knowledge of python/Django ecosystem is nice to have.

# AI Usage
We expect engineers to use AI tools day‑to‑day and to exercise strong judgment: clarify ambiguous specs, ask the right questions, and deliver exceptional pull requests, whether hand or AI authored.

# Responsibilities

## Essential functions:
- Migrate agreed Django endpoints to a consolidated set of Clojure APIs while preserving contracts.
- Build new backend features on the Clojure & Snowflake stack after migration milestones are completed.
- Write, review, and improve pull requests—enforcing correctness, clarity, security, and performance.
- Help clarify, specify, and write acceptance criteria for tickets.
- Mentor less‑experienced Clojure developers through pairing and constructive PR feedback.
- Track and evaluate emerging AI tooling and techniques; share findings with the team.
- Communicate well: ask respectful clarifying questions, speak up when a decision feels off, be kind and helpful.

## Secondary functions:
- Maintain lightweight documentation and architecture notes.
- Contribute to architecture and systems design discussions.
- Contribute to an inclusive, supportive engineering culture.
- Ongoing self‑education and knowledge sharing with the team.


# Standards of Performance:

- Creates well tested, easily readable code that meets the needs specified in tickets, gathering any additional information required for effective solutions
- Creates modular code with well-defined interfaces
- Creates easily accessible documentation both within the code and outside
- Uses established processes and procedures to deliver code into production
- Fosters professional, inclusive, and supportive environment

# Skills:

## Required
- Clojure; Python APIs (Django or similar)
- Strong SQL design & optimization; experience modeling application data
- Docker
- Structured code reviews; test discipline; secure coding basics
- Remote‑first communication; clear written and spoken English

## Nice‑to‑Have
- Django internals; functional‑programming mentorship
- Snowflake in production; analytical modeling
- Terraform
- Experience guiding teams through migrations
- Conference speaking; OSS contributions

# Other Requirements:

- Remote‑first with ≥ 6 hours overlap to US Eastern business hours.
- Occasional travel (< 2 weeks/year) for team summits.


# How we hire
First off, it has to be a good fit. You have to care about our mission and our team. Your code and judgement needs to be excellent.
No live coding. If you pass the initial evaluation, a take‑home where you will build a Clojure application and walk through the design decisions.
We score on specification quality, correctness, code quality, alignment with our practices, and AI‑assisted engineering judgment.