Clera

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Clera
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6 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$130k - $215k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with law enforcement and prosecutors to understand evidence-management challenges and user needs.
  • Build practical customer-specific solutions, including custom integrations and one-off analyses.
  • Travel 25–75% of the time to work in person with customers and learn their workflows.
  • Translate customer feedback into implemented features, pull requests, and clear technical specifications.
  • Identify and solve problems independently in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of software engineering experience building and delivering production systems.
  • Experience working at an early-stage startup.
  • Experience building software for real user needs and working directly with end users to turn challenges into technical solutions.
  • Ability to work across the stack and deliver tailored solutions, including solutions that are not designed to scale broadly.
  • Strong ownership, sound judgment, autonomy, and comfort operating in an ambiguous environment.
  • Interest in public safety and willingness to engage with law enforcement workflows, including supporting background checks and CJIS clearance processes as needed.
  • Experience in government, law enforcement, criminal justice, defense, intelligence, or another regulated or sensitive domain is useful.

Benefits

  • $130,000–$215,000 annual salary, founding-level equity stake, and performance-based bonuses.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • Hybrid role based in San Francisco, California, with regular customer travel.

Categories

Forward Deployed
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