Clera
Forward Deployed Engineer
About this role
Join a seed-stage startup as an early engineer building an AI agent platform that autonomously handles integration work end-to-end. You'll own core systems like agent orchestration, runtime infrastructure, and production deployment while setting the technical foundation for the company's growth.
What you'll do
- Design and own agent orchestration platform and specialized agent systems
- Build and maintain durable execution runtime for production integrations
- Establish engineering patterns, architecture, and conventions for future team members
- Deploy systems to production with high velocity and direct founder collaboration
- Implement self-healing systems and knowledge base that improves over time
- Own full-stack development across orchestration, infrastructure, and tooling
What they're looking for
- TypeScript and React
- Backend systems design and distributed systems
- PostgreSQL and database architecture
- Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure
- Bun and Effect-TS frameworks
- Production systems thinking and operational excellence
- AI agent architecture and design
- Self-directed problem solving
Benefits
- Equity stake in early-stage startup
- Salary $150,000–$250,000 USD annually
- Visa sponsorship available
- Rare opportunity to shape core technical foundations
- Direct collaboration with founders
- On-site team environment in San Francisco
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Clera
Clera builds an agentic operating system that automates complex workflows and processes through AI agents, with a platform designed to simplify distributed infrastructure management for developers. The company is hiring Founding Engineers, Customer Engineers, and Product Engineers to develop both backend systems and user-facing interfaces across their AI automation products.
View all jobs at CleraLikely interview questions
- Walk us through a complex distributed system you've built or operated in production—what were the key reliability challenges?
- How would you approach designing an orchestration layer for multiple specialized AI agents working concurrently?