About Clair
What is Clair?
Clair is a New York fintech that gives frontline and hourly workers early access to pay they have already earned. In its own words, "At Clair, we are on a mission to create financial freedom for America's workers by giving them a digital banking platform that allows them to get paid as soon as they clock out of work." Rather than asking workers to download a separate app, Clair builds its product into the software their employers already run: "We meet Americans at their place of work by embedding our products within the scheduling, workforce management, and payroll apps they already use every day." Its Brand & Marketing Designer advert names Gusto, QuickBooks and 7shifts among those tools, and a September 2025 press release announced Clair On-Demand Pay inside Intuit QuickBooks Payroll. The advances are originated by Pathward, N.A., a national bank, and the "About Clair" paragraph of that release says Clair "is available at over 49,000 work locations across 29 different industries". It adds that Clair had raised $68.7 million in equity funding from investors including Thrive Capital, Upfront Ventures, Kairos HQ and Founder Collective; Fortune reported in May 2025 that its $23.2 million Series B was led by Upfront Ventures. The September 2025 release names Nico Simko as CEO and Founder.
Where will I work?
Most roles are based in New York City. The hybrid adverts say "you will be expected to come into the office at least three days a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays)", sometimes with extra days for client meetings. The Strategic Finance role is fully in the office: "This is an onsite position based out of our NYC HQ." The Senior Fullstack Engineer role is remote within the United States, with travel for company onsites and project planning "typically 2-4 trips per year", and the UX Researcher advert is also open to remote candidates based in North America. On 12 November 2026 Clair had seven live roles: six in New York and one remote in the US.
What is the Clair team like?
The adverts describe collaborative, cross-functional work. The Product Manager will "work alongside a small, highly collaborative team to build, test, learn, and iterate quickly", the Senior Data Analyst will "join a growing team of data practitioners", and the design advert says "We're hiring our first Brand & Marketing Designer." The engineering advert adds that "Clair is a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment." Because Clair moves money for workers, product work means "operating within a regulated environment" alongside regulatory, finance and partner teams. Open roles span product, finance, design, partnerships, data and engineering, and each advert posts its pay, for example "The annual base salary for this role is $180,000." for the Product Manager.
Work-Life Balance
Every one of Clair's seven live adverts lists the same leave policy: "Unlimited vacation for salaried roles, generous PTO for hourly roles". All seven roles open today are salaried, so the unlimited vacation applies to them; the adverts give no day count and do not list public holidays, and weekly hours are not stated. The engineering advert repeats the point in its own perks line: "Competitive salary, equity, unlimited PTO, conference stipends, and top-tier benefits." For New York hybrid roles the adverts name Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as the office days (at least three a week, and some adverts add extra days for client meetings), and every advert lists a "Work from home setup allowance".
Perks and Benefits
- Unlimited vacation for salaried roles (generous PTO for hourly roles)
- Medical, dental and vision coverage, with the option to extend it to your family
- Fully paid parental leave
- Company-sponsored 401k, HSA and FSA
- Company-sponsored short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Equity as part of the total compensation package
- Work-from-home setup allowance
- Conference stipends (engineering advert)
- Access to your own earnings every day on Clair