Clera

Founding Engineer

Clera
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Base Salary

$160k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build backend services that ingest and process documents from customer systems and inboxes.
  • Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documents.
  • Own features end to end across backend services, data models, and user interfaces.
  • Contribute across product engineering, infrastructure, and application development.
  • Ship quickly, incorporate customer feedback, and adapt priorities as the company grows.

Requirements

  • Experience may range from 1 to 10+ years, with demonstrated ability to ship products or major features used by real customers.
  • Prior founding engineer, founder, or early engineering hire experience at a startup is strongly valued.
  • Strong full-stack skills, including backend systems, frontend development, and relational database design.
  • Experience building production AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval systems, or automation is a plus.
  • Relevant technologies include Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, Next.js, Postgres, GCP, and commercial LLM providers; candidates with other stacks should be comfortable learning Kotlin.
  • Experience processing PDFs, unstructured data, or workflows in manufacturing, supply chain, or other traditional industries is helpful.
  • Track record of increasing ownership and delivering practical solutions in fast-moving environments.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $160,000 to $200,000 annually plus 0.5% to 2% equity.
  • On-site work in San Francisco, California; candidates should be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate.
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