Clera

Forward Deployed Research Engineer

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12 hours ago
Singapore, SingaporeMid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$150k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose and resolve ambiguous technical problems from triage through completion.
  • Own deployment requests for frontier AI labs, data vendors, and internal teams across the full lifecycle.
  • Build tools and one-off pipelines to address urgent customer and partner needs.
  • Coordinate with research and go-to-market teams to unblock deployments.
  • Document recurring issues and convert manual work into reusable tools and processes.
  • Handle urgent production, customer, and deployment issues while balancing speed, quality, correctness, and security.

Requirements

  • 2 to 4 years of experience in applied research engineering, forward-deployed engineering, or a comparable hands-on technical role.
  • Strong generalist AI engineering skills and the ability to work quickly under pressure.
  • Proficiency in Python, Docker, and Linux environments.
  • Experience with benchmarks and evaluations, including judgment about task realism, rubric reliability, and trajectory quality for RL training.
  • Strong debugging skills across code, data, and environments.
  • Ability to operate independently in ambiguous situations without a prescribed roadmap.
  • Comfort working directly with technical customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
  • Prior experience in an early-stage startup environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for remote collaboration across time zones.

Benefits

  • Annual salary range of $150,000 to $250,000 USD.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • On-site work in Singapore.

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