Clera

Senior Software Engineer

Clera
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Base Salary

$130k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement response-generation and orchestration pipelines for AI agents.
  • Develop retrieval and knowledge-grounding systems for accurate conversational data.
  • Build multi-step tool orchestration workflows and handle third-party API failures.
  • Create evaluation frameworks, observability controls, tracing, and debugging systems for complex pipelines.
  • Develop interfaces that allow nontechnical stakeholders to adjust agent behavior.
  • Extend AI systems to voice conversations with real-time transcription and tool use.
  • Optimize speed and cost through routing, caching, and prompt refinement.
  • Own infrastructure, data pipelines, integrations, and API work supporting the platform.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience and a track record of shipping production systems.
  • Experience across the full stack, including backend, frontend, data pipelines, or infrastructure.
  • Strong background in retrieval pipelines, knowledge grounding, or multi-step workflows.
  • Familiarity with AI model selection, routing, prompt optimization, and cost or latency considerations.
  • Experience building observability, tracing, and debugging for complex pipelines.
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Python, Go, Rust, or Java.
  • Hands-on experience integrating third-party APIs and handling production failure modes.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to influence product decisions.

Benefits

  • Annual salary range of $130,000-$220,000 USD.
  • Equity offered.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available.
  • On-site work in San Francisco, California.
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