Clera

Founding Engineer - Full Stack

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3 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level

Base Salary

$150k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own engineering problems end-to-end from customer insight and product requirements through research and infrastructure.
  • Maintain close feedback loops with customers and the founding team while shipping features quickly and iteratively.
  • Help define the engineering team’s culture, patterns, and best practices.
  • Explore and improve how engineering teams work alongside AI agents.
  • Build full-stack, customer-facing products involving agentic systems and large language models.

Requirements

  • At least 1 year of experience on engineering teams, including at least one stint longer than 18 months in a strong startup or scale-up environment.
  • Full-stack proficiency spanning customer-facing UI through infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with React, Python, Terraform, and AWS.
  • Experience building agentic systems or working with LLMs in production.
  • Strong product sense and design instincts, with the ability to translate customer needs into shippable features.
  • Startup experience or self-driven personal projects demonstrating initiative and high agency.
  • US citizenship or US work authorization; the posting states no visa sponsorship for candidates outside the US.
  • Preferred qualifications include 2+ years of experience, scientific or academic research experience, direct customer-facing technical experience, and enthusiasm for AI-powered coding and productivity tools.

Benefits

  • $150,000–$250,000 USD annual salary depending on experience.
  • Early-stage equity.
  • Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates, subject to the role’s stated work-authorization condition.
  • On-site role in San Francisco, California; candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco.
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