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Clera

Founding Engineer

New York (Remote)fulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Join an early-stage, venture-backed AI SaaS startup as a Founding Engineer to build AI-powered Configure, Price, Quote solutions for manufacturers. You'll own the full stack—from LLM-driven backend agents to React frontends—working directly with users in a fast-paced, 0→1 environment.

What you'll do

  • Ship full-stack AI features from backend services to polished front-end experiences
  • Design and architect scalable distributed systems and APIs for long-term growth
  • Integrate enterprise systems including ERP and CRM platforms for automated quoting workflows
  • Build and iterate on AI capabilities leveraging large language models in production
  • Rapidly prototype and validate new product ideas with real manufacturing customers
  • Tackle complex, ambiguous engineering problems with creativity and technical rigor

What they're looking for

  • TypeScript and Node.js
  • React
  • Large language models (LLMs) and AI integration
  • Distributed systems and API design
  • PostgreSQL or relational databases
  • ERP/CRM system integration
  • Computer science fundamentals
  • Full-stack software development

Benefits

  • Founding Engineer equity and early-stage growth opportunity
  • Visa sponsorship available
  • On-site in New York with direct access to founding team
  • Hands-on work with cutting-edge applied AI technology
  • End-to-end ownership of shipping core features
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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

  • Describe a time you built and shipped an AI or LLM-powered feature in production. What were the main challenges and how did you overcome them?
  • Walk us through how you would architect the backend for a system that integrates with multiple ERP platforms and handles complex quoting workflows at scale.
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