Clera
Founding Engineer
- Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
- $150k–$250k
- Mid level
- Full-time
- On-site · San Francisco
- 2+ yrs exp
- Added yesterday
About this role
About the Role
As the first engineering hire at an early-stage AI software company, you'll build an end-to-end platform that observes enterprise workflows and automates them with AI-generated software. You'll work across the product and infrastructure, helping turn hands-on client delivery into a repeatable system.
What You'll Do
Build high-throughput systems that capture activity from client desktop environments.
Develop privacy protections and redaction so sensitive information stays within appropriate boundaries.
Model recorded work as structured processes and knowledge graphs.
Build coding agents that generate automation software and systems to deploy it into production.
Work directly with clients to understand their workflows, deliver solutions, and turn manual processes into product capabilities.
Own features end to end, from design through deployment and operation with real users.
What We're Looking For
At least 2 years of experience building and shipping production software; founder experience may count.
Experience building with LLMs or AI agents in production systems.
Strong full-stack or backend skills in TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, or a similar language, and a product mindset.
Experience working directly with clients or customers in a technical role.
Interest in a high-intensity early-stage role with founding-level ownership and comfort with ambiguity.
Experience with high-throughput data or event systems, Rust, desktop applications or agents, code-generation systems, Next.js, PostgreSQL, or Azure is useful.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $150,000 to $250,000 annually, plus 0.5% to 1.5% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available. This is a full-time position.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States, five days per week.
Written by Clera. Original job post
Skills mentioned
- Azure
- Backend
- Go
- Next.Js
- PostgreSQL
- Python
- Rust
- TypeScript
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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.
- Industry
- Technology & Software
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