Clera

Founding Product Engineer

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3 days ago
San Francisco, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level

Base Salary

$140k - $180k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and own full-stack product features from data models and backend systems through user-facing interfaces.
  • Collaborate with attorneys and AI engineers to translate legal workflows and review practices into production-ready software.
  • Make architecture and tooling decisions that support rapid delivery and long-term reliability.
  • Write maintainable code, monitor production quality, and own features through deployment and ongoing maintenance.
  • Establish engineering standards and contribute to hiring as the team expands.
  • Work closely with teammates in person to deliver customer-focused product improvements.

Requirements

  • One to three years of experience building and shipping production software, ideally at an early-stage company or as a founder.
  • Full-stack development skills including TypeScript, React, a modern backend stack, and relational databases.
  • Hands-on experience building with AI or large language models through professional or personal projects.
  • Experience owning features end to end, building data models and user-facing interfaces, and making engineering trade-offs under time constraints.
  • Strong product judgment, communication, and a record of delivering maintainable, reliable software in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
  • Legal technology, contract management, document processing, or experience working directly with domain experts is helpful.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $140,000 to $180,000 annually.
  • On-site in San Francisco, California, six days per week.
  • Relocation to San Francisco is at the candidate's own expense.

Tech Stack

Categories

Product Engineering
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