Clera

Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed)

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8 months ago
Palo Alto, CA, USASenior

Responsibilities

  • Own product areas from concept through deployment.
  • Build and ship features to production daily.
  • Develop fully agentic systems that automate complex recruiting workflows.
  • Decide when to optimize for speed and when to transition toward scale and quality.
  • Talk with customers and iterate based on feedback.
  • Collaborate directly with the CTO and other founding engineers.

Requirements

  • Very strong software engineering background with experience in TypeScript and React.
  • Strong practical experience working with AI and coding with AI tools.
  • Experience with LLM APIs is a bonus.
  • High agency, resourcefulness, ownership, and a startup-oriented approach.
  • Willingness to work intensively in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup.
  • Direct impact on product direction as engineer #4 and a founding-team member.
  • Work and live together in the company’s San Francisco hackerhouse with no commute.
  • Close collaboration with experienced founders and other founding engineers.
  • The company can support visa processes.
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