Clera

Senior Backend Engineer

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9 hours ago
Palo Alto, CA, USASenior

Base Salary

$160k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable backend systems for observability, architecture modeling, and recommendation engines.
  • Develop data pipelines, architecture-modeling services, monitoring infrastructure, and observability layers.
  • Collaborate with AI engineers to integrate LLM-based and multi-agent intelligence into the platform.
  • Implement fault-tolerant workflows and resilience patterns for mission-critical services.
  • Translate requirements into robust platform capabilities with product managers, AI researchers, and technical leadership.
  • Perform performance tuning, complex debugging, and technical architecture design.
  • Share learnings and mentor teammates.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of backend engineering experience at high-growth startups or technology companies.
  • Proven experience designing scalable distributed systems and microservices architectures in production.
  • Expertise in Go or Python and a commitment to clean, idiomatic, maintainable code.
  • Experience building data pipelines, observability systems, and monitoring infrastructure for production services.
  • Hands-on experience with DevOps tooling, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud-native technologies.
  • Experience integrating or working with LLM-based systems, AI workflows, or multi-agent architectures.
  • Experience building 0-to-1 systems or products in startup or early-stage environments.
  • Demonstrated ability in performance tuning, complex debugging, and technical architecture design.
  • Practical experience designing fault-tolerant workflows and resilience patterns.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and proficiency with AI-assisted development tools.
  • Graduate-level education is a plus.
  • Experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure optimization, or technology stack modernization is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Base salary plus equity.
  • Fully remote work arrangement.

Tech Stack

Categories

BackendData Engineering
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