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Clera

Founding Engineering Lead

New York
Salary
$200,000 - $400,000
Level
Lead
Work type
Remote · US only
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 10 October 2026.

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The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 246 open in Engineering. 180 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

LLM (118 of 246), TypeScript (112 of 246), Python (103 of 246), React (92 of 246), Machine Learning (61 of 246), PostgreSQL (44 of 246), JavaScript (41 of 246)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.

About the role

About the Role

Lead engineering for an early-stage SaaS team building applied AI products for enterprise software. You will partner with the technical leadership team on architecture, product direction, and machine learning strategy while leading a small engineering pod and remaining hands-on with critical work.

What You'll Do

  • Build and lead a pod of three to four engineers, supporting their growth, performance, and hiring while shipping key work yourself.
  • Own platform architecture and make build-versus-buy and infrastructure decisions with product and revenue impact.
  • Set engineering standards for AI-assisted development, including review criteria, definition of done, release cadence, and on-call practices.
  • Lead technical designs and initial implementations for new initiatives.
  • Evaluate applied ML research and determine which techniques are suitable for production systems.
  • Partner with technical leadership to shape the product roadmap, model strategy, and ML approach.
  • Initially spend most of your time building, with the balance focused on team leadership.

What We're Looking For

  • Typically 5 to 8 years of engineering experience, with 4 to 5 years considered for exceptional candidates.
  • Experience training and deploying machine learning models in production, beyond integrating LLM APIs.
  • End-to-end ownership of technical architecture, infrastructure decisions, and build-versus-buy tradeoffs.
  • Experience setting engineering standards and leading or managing engineers while continuing to code.
  • Strong applied ML judgment across classical methods and newer approaches, including transformers and agent applications.
  • Recent experience personally shipping production software, comfort with ambiguity and inherited code, and effective use of AI coding agents.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual salary range: $200,000 to $400,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in New York City, United States.

Other openings for this role

2 open postings for this role in New York, first posted 8 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

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