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Clera

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco$150k–$250kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Join an early-stage AI infrastructure startup as a founding engineer to build core systems for an agentic integration platform. You'll own the agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations end-to-end, working directly with founders to establish architectural patterns and ship to production constantly.

What you'll do

  • Own agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations runtime end-to-end
  • Define engineering patterns and architectural decisions for the codebase
  • Ship production features and systems continuously with the founding team
  • Design and implement agent orchestration, durable execution, and self-healing infrastructure
  • Work across full stack including agent integration, backend services, and deployment systems
  • Collaborate with founders to shape the engineering foundation for future hires

What they're looking for

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Full-stack system design
  • Production infrastructure
  • AI/agent integration experience

Benefits

  • $150,000 to $250,000 annual salary
  • Visa sponsorship available (O-1 visa path)
  • Founding engineer equity and early-stage upside
  • High autonomy and direct founder collaboration
  • Opportunity to shape engineering culture and architecture
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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.

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Likely interview questions

  • Tell us about a production system you owned end-to-end—what were the key decisions you made and why?
  • Describe your experience at an early-stage startup or pre-Series A company. What was most challenging?
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