Clera

Founding Engineer

Clera
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Base Salary

$200k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build backend systems that ingest and process documents from customer ERPs and inboxes.
  • Develop AI agents for complex, multi-page compliance and food safety documents.
  • Own features end to end across backend, frontend, and infrastructure.
  • Ship quickly, incorporate user feedback, and adapt the product to evolving customer needs.

Requirements

  • Typically 1 to 10+ years of experience, with demonstrated product impact and ownership valued over tenure.
  • Experience building and shipping products or major features relied on by real users, including explaining technical tradeoffs.
  • Strong full-stack skills across backend services, frontend development, and relational database design.
  • Experience with production AI or LLM products, agents, RAG, search, or automation.
  • Founding, founder, or early engineering startup experience is a strong fit.
  • Familiarity with Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, Next.js, Postgres, and cloud platforms such as GCP is useful; experience with other stacks and the ability to learn Kotlin are welcome.
  • Document processing, unstructured data extraction, or experience in food manufacturing, supply chain, or other traditional industries is beneficial.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $200,000 to $300,000 annually plus 0.5% to 2% equity.
  • Full-time, on-site role in San Francisco, California.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available.
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