Clera

Founding Engineer

Clera
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3 days ago
New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior

Base Salary

$180k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own a technical or product domain end to end, including system architecture, production delivery, and operations.
  • Build and improve multimodal AI agents for voice, SMS, and email communication.
  • Develop low-latency voice experiences and persistent cross-channel conversations.
  • Define quality practices for non-deterministic systems, including evaluations, prompt versioning, guardrails, and drift detection.
  • Contribute to React and Next.js frontends, Node.js backends, and Python services.
  • Participate in customer conversations, identify needs, and make product decisions.
  • Work independently in an early-stage environment and drive measurable product impact.

Requirements

  • Typically 3 to 8 years of full-stack engineering experience delivering products from early development through growth.
  • Production proficiency with TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Next.js.
  • Hands-on experience building with LLM APIs or agent SDKs and shipping production AI or agent systems.
  • Depth in at least one area such as agent memory and state, evaluations and guardrails, voice or SMS agents, or marketplace and B2B2C products.
  • Full-stack capability including Python services for real-time systems or evaluation tooling, low-latency systems, and persistent cross-channel data.
  • Strong product judgment, customer discovery ability, technical fundamentals, independence, and sustained ownership.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $180,000 to $250,000 annually.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available.
  • On-site five days per week in New York, New York.
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