Clara operates a full-stack corporate payment system—cards, bill pay, cross-border transfers, and expense software—across Latin America with a tech foundation built on Java/Spring and PostgreSQL, scaled via Kafka, Kubernetes, and AWS. The hiring acceleration (49 roles in 30 days across engineering, sales, and data) paired with active projects in streaming pipelines, AI document processing, and regional playbook replication signals a shift from foundational payments infrastructure toward intelligent automation and geographic expansion.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Customer Success, Product Director, Head of Legal & Regulatory
Clara provides end-to-end corporate payment solutions to mid-market and enterprise companies across Latin America. The platform combines locally-issued corporate cards, bill pay capabilities, cross-border payments, and a software layer for expense management and spend visibility. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Sao Paulo, the company operates across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina. With 201–500 employees and a private funding base, Clara is scaling backend systems and cross-border compliance frameworks while addressing core challenges in app reliability, credit risk assessment, and regional standardization.
Clara's core infrastructure runs on Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB, with message queuing via Kafka and RabbitMQ. The platform is containerized with Docker/Kubernetes and deployed on AWS, complemented by GCP and Azure. Frontend is React/TypeScript with Jest and Cypress for testing.
Active projects include streaming data pipelines, AI-powered document processing with vector search, pix product strategy, backend system evolution, AWS cost optimization, and regional playbook replication. Core challenges include app reliability, credit risk modeling, and compliance standardization across jurisdictions.
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