Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems
clera · San Francisco · $200,000 - $280,000
Open. First seen 21 September 2026.
Description
About the Role
You will join a fast growing data infrastructure team to build core platform capabilities and customer facing products. This role involves ownership from architecture to production, with a focus on AI driven data systems and scalable backend, data, and frontend work in collaboration with founders and customers.
What You'll Do
Build and ship customer facing products and core platform capabilities across backend, data, infrastructure, and front end surfaces. Design and operate high volume data pipelines and services with strong reliability and observability. Develop AI agents, agent harnesses, and developer tools and operate them at large scale. Make architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and iterate as assumptions evolve. Collaborate directly with founders and customers to translate vague requests into concrete software.
What We're Looking For
1-6 years of professional software engineering experience in relevant domains. Strong backend coding skills with APIs, data models, and distributed systems experience. Experience building and operating high volume data pipelines and working in a talent dense early stage startup environment.
Strong CS fundamentals and a degree from a top program or equivalent. Experience with AI native development including LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI agents or identity/matching systems is a plus. Proficiency with Python, distributed systems, data pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
Compensation & Benefits Salary : $200,000 - $280,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship: not offered. The posting does not specify additional equity or benefits.
Location Primary location: San Francisco, California, United States. This role is on site with no remote option indicated.
ABOUT THE ROLE
You will join a fast growing data infrastructure team to build core platform capabilities and customer facing products. This role involves ownership from architecture to production, with a focus on AI driven data systems and scalable backend, data, and frontend work in collaboration with founders and customers.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build and ship customer facing products and core platform capabilities across backend, data, infrastructure, and front end surfaces.
- Design and operate high volume data pipelines and services with strong reliability and observability.
- Develop AI agents, agent harnesses, and developer tools and operate them at large scale.
- Make architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and iterate as assumptions evolve.
- Collaborate directly with founders and customers to translate vague requests into concrete software.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 1-6 years of professional software engineering experience in relevant domains.
- Strong backend coding skills with APIs, data models, and distributed systems experience.
- Experience building and operating high volume data pipelines and working in a talent dense early stage startup environment.
- Strong CS fundamentals and a degree from a top program or equivalent.
- Experience with AI native development including LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI agents or identity/matching systems is a plus.
- Proficiency with Python, distributed systems, data pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary: $200,000 - $280,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship: not offered. The posting does not specify additional equity or benefits. LOCATION Primary location: San Francisco, California, United States. This role is on site with no remote option indicated.
Posting history
Reposted once since 9 September 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.
- 21 September 2026 – open (this posting)
- 14 September 2026 – open
- 9 September 2026 – closed 15 September 2026
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