Clera
Founding Engineer (Applied AI)
About this role
Join an early-stage AI startup as a founding engineer to build computer vision and ML systems that automate construction blueprint analysis and cost estimation. You'll own the intelligence layer, shipping prototypes rapidly while working directly with users in a small, fast-moving team.
What you'll do
- Develop and deploy computer vision and ML models for blueprint understanding and cost estimation
- Build production ML pipelines by composing multiple models into coherent systems
- Iterate on prototypes based on direct user feedback in construction workflows
- Drive the intelligence layer of the product from research through shipping
- Contribute hands-on across the full ML stack in an early-stage environment
What they're looking for
- Computer vision and object detection
- Machine learning and deep learning
- Python programming
- ML systems design and production deployment
- Working with LLMs and transformer models
- Data pipeline and model composition
- Cross-functional communication
Benefits
- Equity participation as a founding engineer
- On-site, full-time role in San Francisco
- Direct impact on core product and company direction
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI applications in construction
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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.
View all jobs at CleraLikely interview questions
- Walk us through a computer vision or ML system you shipped to production—what were the key technical challenges and how did you solve them?
- How do you approach moving from research prototypes to reliable, production-ready models?