Clera

Founding Engineer, NLP Systems & Infrastructure

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4 hours ago
Munich, GermanySenior

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build production data and NLP pipelines, AI/ML integrations, observability, and cloud or on-premises deployment options.
  • Own the engineering roadmap and balance delivery speed, quality, and security.
  • Build and validate the first production release, including infrastructure and security design decisions.
  • Set engineering standards, guide technical direction, and hire and manage the engineering team as the company grows.
  • Work closely with founders and users to iterate on the product.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience building and operating production data-intensive or NLP systems, including ingestion, deduplication, entity resolution, queues, and orchestrated pipelines.
  • Strong Python skills and production engineering practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, and monitoring for data and model drift.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and a graph database, vector store, or search engine, plus embeddings, vector search, and language model integrations.
  • Ability to build clean APIs and analyst-facing interfaces with React, Vue, or similar technologies.
  • Experience owning production architecture and deployment across cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Willingness and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
  • Experience with web data acquisition, customer-hosted deployment, or German is helpful.

Benefits

  • Salary range of €60,000 to €120,000 annually.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • On-site work in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Tech Stack

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Data EngineeringML Engineering
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