Clera

Founding Engineer (AI/ML)

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San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
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Base Salary

$130k - $170k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the AI/ML intelligence layer covering recommendation, ranking, and retrieval.
  • Build and iterate on LLM-powered matching features that improve candidate-to-role alignment.
  • Take features from problem definition through production independently on a rapid shipping cadence.
  • Architect and maintain production data pipelines and services that models run on.
  • Translate product goals into shipped systems in collaboration with the founding team.

Requirements

  • 2 to 5 years of production software engineering experience with genuine applied ML depth.
  • Hands-on production experience building recommender systems, ranking algorithms, or ML-powered matching.
  • Production experience with LLM APIs and shipping LLM-powered features to real users.
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript or Python.
  • Experience with production ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, or equivalent.
  • Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines and services.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and evidence of exceptional technical achievement, such as notable open-source contributions or standout personal projects.
  • Existing U.S. work authorization or eligibility for the currently available sponsorship route.
  • React, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense, vector search and embeddings, or workflow automation tooling experience are nice to have.

Benefits

  • $130,000 to $170,000 annual salary plus competitive founding-hire equity.
  • Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
  • On-site in San Francisco, California, six days per week in a shared hacker house setup.
  • Relocation assistance is available for candidates outside the Bay Area.

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