Clera

Member of Technical Staff

Clera
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Base Salary

$135k - $215k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build resilient and secure distributed systems powering AI-driven evidence search and analysis.
  • Deploy large language models, vision models, and other machine learning systems in production criminal justice settings.
  • Design RAG pipelines and semantic search infrastructure for unstructured evidence data.
  • Architect structured data systems, including query planning and semantic reasoning layers.
  • Build and work with agentic systems that reason, plan, and take autonomous actions across investigative data.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of ambiguous and emerging engineering problems.

Requirements

  • Six or more years of backend engineering experience with a strong record deploying LLMs, VLMs, or other ML systems in production.
  • Experience building resilient distributed systems with security as a first-class concern.
  • Hands-on experience designing RAG or similar pipelines for unstructured data.
  • Experience with structured data systems, query planning, semantic modeling, or structured reasoning.
  • Proficiency in multiple programming languages, including Python, and comfort working across multiple infrastructure providers.
  • Experience at a well-regarded engineering organization and an early-stage startup.
  • Authorization to work in the United States through US citizenship or a valid work visa; visa sponsorship is not available.
  • Experience with agentic AI systems or reasoning frameworks such as ReAct is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Base salary plus equity.
  • Hybrid work arrangement based in San Francisco, California, with New York City also a possible base location.
  • Mission-driven work addressing public safety and serious criminal investigations.
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