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Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco$200k–$300kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Join an early-stage startup as a Founding Engineer where you'll own full-stack product development and shape the company's technical direction alongside founders. This high-impact role offers the opportunity to build systems from scratch, make key architectural decisions, and contribute to product strategy in a small, driven team.

What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end product development from ideation through shipping and iteration
  • Build and maintain scalable frontend and backend systems
  • Collaborate with founders to translate product vision into working software
  • Make key architectural and technology decisions that define the product foundation
  • Contribute to product strategy and roadmap development
  • Establish engineering best practices and culture as the team grows

What they're looking for

  • Full-stack software development (frontend and backend)
  • Product thinking and user-centric design
  • Architectural design and system scalability
  • Early-stage startup experience (0-to-1 building)
  • Cross-functional collaboration and communication
  • Engineering best practices and code quality
  • Rapid prototyping and iteration
  • Ownership mentality in small teams

Benefits

  • Equity participation as an early team member
  • High ownership and impact on product direction
  • Direct collaboration with founders and key stakeholders
  • Opportunity to shape technical culture and processes
  • Fast-moving environment with rapid learning
  • Relocation support available for qualified candidates
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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 time you built a product from scratch at an early-stage startup — what was your role and what did you learn?
  • Describe a major architectural decision you made that significantly impacted a product. How did you approach it?
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