Senior Clojure Backend Engineer
About The Position
OTR Solutions is an innovator in the transportation industry providing a suite of factoring, fuel, and business management focused solutions. We help new and established companies get fast access to the funds they need for daily operations. As a Private Equity backed FinTech company, we are looking to grow our best-in-class financial organization. OTR has been recognized as a “Top Workplace” by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2016! We are seeking a Senior Clojure Backend Engineer to help design, build, and scale our AI-powered SaaS platform focused on document intelligence, automation, and data extraction for the freight and financial services industries. Recently acquired by OTR Solutions, this role will play a critical part in scaling platform infrastructure, advancing AI capabilities, and supporting long-term product innovation. This role is ideal for a senior platform engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building scalable distributed systems, and contributing to architecture decisions in a fast-moving, high-growth environment. Please note: We do not sponsor work-related visas.
Requirements
- Senior-level platform or backend engineering experience required
- Strong professional experience developing applications in Clojure
- Experience with Datomic and/or PostgreSQL
- REST and/or GraphQL API design experience
- Experience with Elasticsearch or similar search technologies
- Production experience on AWS, including services such as Lambda, API Gateway, EKS, EC2, Textract, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, CloudFront, Cognito, SES, and Route 53
- Experience building and scaling distributed, cloud-native systems
- Experience integrating AI/ML services into production systems
- Familiarity with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, etc.)
- Experience with vector databases, embedding search, and OCR pipelines
Nice To Haves
- Experience using Python for AI/ML integration (preferred)
- Experience with TypeScript and React (preferred)
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform (preferred)
- Experience in fintech, logistics technology, or document automation is highly preferred
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain core backend services using Clojure
- Build and scale REST and GraphQL APIs that power AI-driven automation workflows
- Architect production systems supporting high-volume document ingestion and structured data extraction
- Integrate AI and machine learning services into production workflows, including LLMs, OCR, embedding pipelines, and vector search
- Collaborate with ML engineers to productionize AI models and workflows
- Design and optimize database schemas and queries using Datomic and/or PostgreSQL
- Improve platform reliability, observability, and scalability across cloud infrastructure
- Support DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives
- Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve development speed, testing, and code quality
- Participate in architectural decisions as the platform scales post-acquisition
Benefits
- Eligibility for Individual and Company bonus programs
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D Insurance, Short-Term Disability
- Pet Insurance, Paid Family Leave, Employee Assistance Program
- Fully Paid Maternity Leave
- 401(k) with Company Matching
- Generous PTO, Sick/Mental Health Days, Flex Holidays + Company Paid Holidays
- Travel Stipend to support Work Life Balance
- Leadership Development and Training Programs
- Continuous Learning and Professional Development Opportunities
- Weekly Catered Lunches + Casual Dress Code
- Company Paid Fitness Membership
- Volunteer Days and Community Engagement Opportunities
- Internal Inclusion Programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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