Clera

Founding Engineer

Clera
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Base Salary

$150k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Shape the architecture and evolve the current product into reliable, scalable infrastructure designed to support a million users.
  • Build and operate the agent runtime, including orchestration, memory, verification, and tools.
  • Own projects end to end across backend, infrastructure, frontend, and agent systems.
  • Set technical standards, select the engineering stack, and establish engineering practices as the team grows.
  • Ship weekly product improvements to real business users.
  • Make technical decisions in a small team and explain complex decisions clearly.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of experience shipping production software, or an equivalent track record as a founder or independent builder.
  • Experience building and operating production LLM or AI agent systems relied upon by real users.
  • Full-stack range across backend, infrastructure, and user interfaces, with the ability to take work from idea to production.
  • Experience as a founder, early hire, or technical lead making technical decisions in a small team is preferred.
  • Strong generalist engineering skills and familiarity with agent orchestration, memory, evaluation, verification, or multi-agent workflows.
  • Ability to deliver reliably at a fast pace.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $150,000 to $250,000 annually plus meaningful founding equity.
  • Visa sponsorship and relocation support are available.
  • On-site role in San Francisco, California, with the team working together in person.
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