Clera

Founding Engineer, Infrastructure

Clera
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San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
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Base Salary

$175k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate a reliable integration runtime with durable execution, isolated environments, and automated recovery.
  • Develop infrastructure to run coding agents that write, test, and deploy integration code in production.
  • Design observability across integrations and agents, including logs, metrics, and tracing.
  • Build a single-tenant, self-hostable deployment and own the platform layer end to end.
  • Establish engineering patterns for future infrastructure hires, contribute to hiring, and continuously ship production improvements.

Requirements

  • Three to nine years of professional software engineering experience, including at least three years in fast-moving, high-growth startup environments.
  • Experience operating, scaling, and debugging Kubernetes in production, with hands-on ownership of cloud infrastructure or a platform.
  • Experience designing production observability and building self-hosted or single-tenant deployments.
  • Familiarity with AWS, Docker, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, plus effective use of AI coding agents with sound production engineering judgment.
  • A completed or in-progress degree in engineering, computer science, or a quantitative field from a strong technical university.
  • Background as a startup founder or engineer at an early-stage, venture-backed startup.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $175,000 to $300,000 annually.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • On-site in San Francisco, California; candidates should be based in the Bay Area or have a concrete relocation plan.
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