Clera

Senior Founding Engineer (AI/ML)

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San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
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Base Salary

$130k - $170k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the AI/ML intelligence layer end to end, including recommendations, ranking, and retrieval.
  • Develop LLM-powered matching to improve candidate-role alignment.
  • Take features from problem definition through production and ship on a daily cadence.
  • Architect and maintain production data pipelines and model services.
  • Collaborate with founders to translate product goals into shipped systems.

Requirements

  • 2-5 years of experience shipping production software with applied ML depth and real user impact.
  • Hands-on production experience with recommender systems, ranking, or ML-powered matching.
  • Proficiency in TypeScript or Python and production experience with LLM APIs.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and experience working in fast, unstructured startup environments.
  • Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines and services.
  • Strong portfolio of work or projects demonstrating practical ML deployments.
  • Experience with embeddings or vector search is a plus.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $130,000 to $170,000 annually.
  • Equity is available for founding-hire roles.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • Primary location is San Francisco, California, United States, with on-site work required.

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