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Clera

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco$150k–$250kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Founding engineering role at an early-stage agentic integration platform where you'll own core systems end-to-end including agent orchestration, cloud infrastructure, and integrations runtime. You'll work directly with founders to establish engineering patterns and ship products rapidly in a high-autonomy startup environment.

What you'll do

  • Own and evolve agent orchestration platform, cloud infrastructure, and integrations runtime end-to-end
  • Establish engineering patterns and architectural foundations for future hires
  • Ship features to production continuously with rapid iteration cycles
  • Shape system architecture and technical direction during the first year
  • Work directly alongside founders on product and technical decisions

What they're looking for

  • TypeScript (strong proficiency)
  • Full-stack development (React frontend, backend services)
  • AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure
  • PostgreSQL database design and optimization
  • Agent orchestration and durable execution patterns
  • Production-grade systems design
  • Modern runtimes (Bun, Effect-TS)
  • CS fundamentals and system reliability

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Founding team equity opportunity (implied but not stated)
  • On-site in San Francisco
  • High autonomy and ownership of core systems
  • Direct influence on product and technical direction
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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

  • Walk us through a production system you've built end-to-end—what was your role and what made it reliable at scale?
  • Tell us about a time you had to establish engineering patterns or architectural foundations for a team. How did you approach it?
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