Clera
Founding Engineer (Applied AI)
About this role
Join an early-stage AI startup as a founding engineer to build computer vision and LLM systems that automate blueprint analysis and cost estimation for construction. You'll own the core intelligence layer, shipping production AI systems that directly impact real users in a small, fast-moving team.
What you'll do
- Lead R&D and development of the computer vision and LLM intelligence layer
- Apply cutting-edge AI systems to real construction workflows and blueprint analysis
- Rapidly prototype and iterate AI solutions based on direct user feedback
- Ship production-ready CV/ML systems that users depend on
- Contribute to all aspects of product development as a founding team member
- Collaborate on moving early-stage product forward with whatever work is needed
What they're looking for
- Python
- Computer vision
- Machine learning and deep learning
- LLM systems and prompt engineering
- Production AI/ML deployment
- Rapid prototyping
- Problem-solving and adaptability
- Communication and user feedback incorporation
Benefits
- Equity as part of founding team package
- Work on cutting-edge AI applied to real-world problems
- Small, high-impact team environment
- Direct influence on product direction
- On-site in San Francisco
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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
- Tell us about an AI/ML system you shipped to production—what was the technical approach and what did you learn?
- How would you approach building a computer vision system for blueprint analysis if you had limited labeled training data?