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Clera

Senior Software Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$130,000 - $220,000 annually
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
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

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About the role

About the Role

Join an engineering team building AI software for hospitality operations. You will own full-stack components of systems that understand guest requests, retrieve relevant information, and carry out workflows, helping make automated support reliable and useful.

What You'll Do

  • Build response generation pipelines that classify requests, assemble context, choose tools, and determine when to respond or escalate.
  • Develop retrieval systems that ground responses in accurate, current information from real-world customer data.
  • Create orchestration layers for multi-step workflows, including robust handling of third-party API failures.
  • Build evaluation frameworks using real conversations to measure quality and catch regressions before release.
  • Implement observability and tracing that help support teams understand system behavior.
  • Develop controls and interfaces that let non-technical teams adjust agent behavior.
  • Extend capabilities to voice conversations, including real-time transcription and tool use.
  • Improve speed and cost through model selection, caching, and prompt optimization, while contributing to infrastructure, data pipelines, integrations, and APIs.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of experience building and shipping production systems that real users depend on.
  • Production experience with AI or machine learning systems, including retrieval pipelines, prompt engineering, or model orchestration.
  • Experience building and evaluating retrieval systems, such as knowledge bases, ranking, context validation, or semantic search.
  • Background designing multi-step workflows, tool orchestration, or function-calling systems, and integrating third-party APIs with production failure handling.
  • Proficiency in a backend language such as Python, Go, Rust, or Java, with experience across multiple areas of the stack.
  • Experience with evaluation methods and observability or debugging for complex systems; real-time applications, voice systems, user-facing controls, or cost and latency optimization are also relevant.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $130,000 to $220,000 annually, with equity of 0.20% to 1.20%, health insurance, and a 401(k) match. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.

Other openings for this role

2 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 4 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

317 other open postings titled Senior Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 160,000 to USD 220,000 a year.

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