Clera

Founding Engineer

Clera
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6 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
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Base Salary

$150k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and own the agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations runtime.
  • Establish engineering patterns and standards for future team members.
  • Work with the founders to provide technical leadership and shape product decisions.
  • Ship production-ready systems with a focus on reliability and observability.
  • Own full-stack features across frontend, backend, and infrastructure with measurable customer impact.

Requirements

  • 3 to 9 years of professional software engineering experience, including experience building and shipping production systems.
  • Experience building a product or project from zero to one, ideally in an early-stage startup or through a substantial side project.
  • Proficiency with TypeScript, React, Node.js, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
  • Experience building or integrating workflows with large language models and agent-based platforms.
  • Experience with production monitoring, observability, tracing, and reliable retry and queuing patterns in distributed systems.
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a quantitative field, completed or in progress.
  • Startup experience, broad software engineering skills, and a track record of setting patterns for growing teams are valued.
  • Ability to work on-site in San Francisco or provide a concrete relocation plan, and eligibility for an O-1 visa.

Benefits

  • Annual salary range of $150,000 to $250,000.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • On-site role in San Francisco, California.
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