Clera

Founding Engineer - Full Stack

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5 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level

Base Salary

$150k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own product and engineering problems from customer insight and requirements through research and infrastructure.
  • Maintain close feedback loops with customers and the founding team while shipping features quickly and iteratively.
  • Help define the engineering team’s culture, patterns, best practices, and ways of working with AI agents.
  • Build and maintain full-stack functionality spanning customer-facing UI through infrastructure.

Requirements

  • At least 1 year of experience on engineering teams, including at least one stint longer than 18 months in a strong startup or scale-up environment.
  • Full-stack proficiency, with the ability to own customer-facing UI through infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with React, Python, Terraform, and AWS.
  • Experience building agentic systems or working with LLMs in production.
  • Strong product sense and design instincts, with the ability to turn customer needs into shippable features.
  • Startup experience or self-directed projects demonstrating initiative and high agency.
  • US citizenship or US work authorization; the posting states that visa sponsorship is unavailable for candidates outside the US.
  • Scientific or academic research background, direct technical customer-facing experience, and enthusiasm for AI-powered coding and productivity tools are preferred.

Benefits

  • Early-stage equity.
  • On-site work in San Francisco, California, with relocation required if not already based there.
  • Visa sponsorship is stated as available for eligible candidates, subject to the role’s conflicting work-authorization language.
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