Clera

Forward Deployed Research Engineer

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3 hours ago
Singapore, SingaporeMid Level / Senior

Base Salary

$150k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose ambiguous technical problems, clarify requirements, and determine the work needed for resolution.
  • Own technical deployment requests for external partners and internal teams from triage through completion.
  • Build tools and one-off pipelines to address urgent customer, vendor, or partner problems.
  • Coordinate with research and go-to-market teams to unblock deployments.
  • Debug code, data, and environments during urgent production or deployment issues.
  • Document recurring issues and automate repeated manual work into reusable tools or processes.
  • Balance speed with quality and escalate issues when correctness or security requires additional care.

Requirements

  • Two to four years of experience in applied research engineering, forward-deployed engineering, or similar hands-on technical roles, including research engineering experience.
  • Proficiency in Python, Docker, and Linux, with a background in a technical field.
  • Experience building or evaluating benchmarks and evaluations for reinforcement learning training data and AI agents.
  • Sound judgment regarding task realism, rubric reliability, and useful training trajectories.
  • Strong debugging skills across code, data, and environments, including urgent production or deployment issues.
  • Experience working directly with technical customers, vendors, or cross-functional teams and delivering independently amid ambiguity.
  • Early-stage startup experience, strong communication across time zones, and a commitment to careful, original technical work.

Benefits

  • Compensation is USD 150,000 to USD 250,000 annually.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • On-site in Singapore, Singapore.

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