Technical Partnerships Engineer

Clay · Vertical AI · New York, NY · Finance

Clay is a company that helps organizations turn growth ideas into reality, leveraging AI for faster execution. They have raised significant funding and are experiencing rapid growth. The company emphasizes creativity and has a unique culture. This role is for a Technical Partnerships Engineer focused on building and managing data provider and platform integrations, with a core responsibility in data quality and evaluation frameworks for these providers. The role involves working with partners like Salesforce, HubSpot, and Slack, and collaborating with internal Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Write clean, well-documented code (primarily TypeScript/Node.js) for API integrations
  2. Build and maintain testing frameworks to evaluate data provider quality, accuracy, and coverage
  3. Serve as the primary technical point of contact for strategic partners
  4. Partner with Product and Engineering to inform roadmap priorities based on partner and customer feedback
  5. Evaluate new data providers and integration opportunities

Skills

Required

  • 3+ years of experience in a technical role (software engineering, solutions engineering, technical partnerships, or similar)
  • Strong programming skills in TypeScript/JavaScript; experience with Node.js
  • Deep familiarity with REST APIs, OAuth, webhooks, and integration patterns
  • Experience working with third-party APIs and navigating partner technical documentation
  • Comfort with data analysis—able to write SQL, build dashboards, and draw insights from messy datasets
  • Excellent written and verbal communication—you can translate complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences

What the JD emphasized

  • data quality and evaluation
  • rigorously test, benchmark, and monitor our data providers
  • Which provider has the best email coverage for SMB?
  • Is this new enrichment source worth adding?
  • testing frameworks to evaluate data provider quality, accuracy, and coverage
  • benchmarking methodologies to compare providers across key dimensions
  • structured evaluations when onboarding new data providers or renegotiating existing partnerships
  • track provider performance over time
  • establish data quality standards and SLAs
  • gaps in our data coverage
  • technical point of contact for strategic partners
  • technical discovery calls and scoping sessions
  • technical documentation, implementation guides, and best practices
  • support partner developers building on Clay’s platform
  • inform roadmap priorities based on partner and customer feedback
  • enable sales motions around new integrations
  • Evaluate new data providers and integration opportunities
  • prototype and validate new integration concepts quickly
  • Stay current on the data enrichment and sales tech landscape