Clera

Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform)

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4 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USASenior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$160k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and scale backend services, Next.js API routes, background jobs, and serverless functions for high-throughput order processing.
  • Build and productionize LLM-based agents, AI/ML infrastructure, and RAG patterns for quote analysis and supplier recommendations.
  • Design PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and complex queries for materials, quotes, orders, and supplier relationships.
  • Build event-driven pipelines for order state management, notifications, and cross-system synchronization.
  • Implement caching, rate limiting, and reliability patterns for external API calls.
  • Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability practices and own backend incident response.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of production experience building backend services, data pipelines, or platform infrastructure with Senior or Staff-level scope.
  • Recent hands-on experience with TypeScript, Next.js, and AI or agentic frameworks in web development.
  • Experience building NLP/ML pipelines to extract information from unstructured documents, including OCR.
  • Strong understanding of transactional guarantees, including ACID semantics, exactly-once processing, and idempotent APIs.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL or relational databases, event-driven systems, message queues, and reliable data pipelines.
  • Experience integrating ERP systems and third-party APIs, including legacy or poorly documented interfaces.
  • Background in manufacturing supply chain, procurement, or logistics, along with observability and incident-response experience.
  • Familiarity with LLM agents, RAG, or managed PostgreSQL platforms is useful.

Benefits

  • Remote role with San Francisco, California as the primary location.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
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