Clera

Founding AI Engineer

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3 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level / Senior / Staff+

Base Salary

$120k - $180k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Apply computer vision, LLM, and multimodal AI techniques to construction documents and other messy, heterogeneous data.
  • Prototype, iterate, and deploy end-to-end AI systems using production data and user feedback.
  • Own modeling, data pipelines, inference infrastructure, data labeling, ETL, and deployment for the intelligence layer.
  • Collaborate with product teams and users to identify and prioritize high-impact problems.
  • Communicate progress, tradeoffs, and results clearly across the team.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated production experience applying computer vision and/or multimodal AI to real-world data.
  • Experience launching an AI system into production or building the core of a new product from scratch.
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs and modern computer vision or multimodal model techniques and tooling.
  • Ability to iterate quickly from user feedback and work across the full spectrum of startup engineering tasks.
  • Strong communication skills and willingness to work in San Francisco or relocate.
  • US work authorization is required.
  • Experience shipping products to real users or paying customers is preferred.
  • Construction or AEC domain knowledge and early-stage startup or founding-team experience are preferred.
  • Recent graduates with strong production ML portfolios are welcome.

Benefits

  • $120,000–$180,000 annual salary depending on experience.
  • Equity participation as a founding team member.
  • Opportunity to shape the technical direction of an AI product from the ground up.
  • Full-time, in-office role in San Francisco, California.
  • Relocation-ready candidates are encouraged to apply.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available.

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