Clera
Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems
About this role
An early-stage data infrastructure company is seeking a Software Engineer to build AI-powered identity graph systems and core platform capabilities. You'll own full-stack projects end-to-end, designing and operating high-volume data pipelines and AI agents at massive scale while working directly with founders and customers.
What you'll do
- Build and ship customer-facing products and core platform capabilities across backend, data, infrastructure, and frontend
- Design and operate high-volume data pipelines and services at scale with strong reliability and observability
- Develop AI agents, agent harnesses, and developer tools, then operate them reliably in production
- Make architecture decisions, articulate tradeoffs, and iterate designs as requirements evolve
- Collaborate with founders and customers to translate ambiguous requirements into clear product decisions
- Own production systems end-to-end from concept through deployment and ongoing operations
What they're looking for
- Backend engineering (APIs, data models, distributed systems)
- High-volume data pipeline design and operation
- Python development
- Cloud infrastructure
- AI agents and LLM frameworks
- REST API design
- System architecture and tradeoff analysis
- Production operations and observability
Benefits
- Competitive salary ($200,000–$280,000 annually)
- Early-stage equity
- High-ownership role with direct founder and customer interaction
- Work on cutting-edge AI and data infrastructure
- Full-time, on-site position 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
- Can you describe a production system you owned end-to-end? What were the biggest operational challenges you faced?
- How have you approached designing and operating high-volume data pipelines? What scale have you worked at?