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Clera

Founding Machine Learning Engineer

Munich
Salary
$100,000 - $250,000
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · Munich
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 15 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

An early-stage AI systems company is seeking a Founding Machine Learning Engineer to build its machine learning function and shape the technical direction of post-training and agent systems. You will work closely with the founding team and help set priorities for experiments, infrastructure, and future team growth.

What You'll Do

  • Structure, filter, and score experimental trajectories for training data pipelines.
  • Design and implement evaluations and benchmarks for model reasoning, planning, and experimental progress.
  • Build reliable agent environments, tool interfaces, observability systems, and replay infrastructure.
  • Establish validation and provenance tracking to improve trajectory and data quality.
  • Set machine learning roadmap priorities across systems, experiments, and hiring.
  • Guide the technical direction of the machine learning team as it grows.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of experience in machine learning engineering, building or delivering production machine learning systems.
  • Production software engineering experience with Python and systems-level programming for machine learning infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with post-training machine learning, evaluation frameworks, and training data pipelines, including structuring, filtering, and scoring data.
  • Strong understanding of trajectory data, reward structures, tool use, and agent environment design.
  • Experience building agent environments, reinforcement learning systems, replay tools, or trajectory debugging infrastructure is valuable.
  • Ability to connect research with production, take ownership, and work effectively in an ambiguous environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual base salary: $100,000 to $250,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Munich, Germany.

Other openings for this role

3 open postings for this role in Munich, first posted 1 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

8 other open postings titled Founding Machine Learning Engineer state a salary: median USD 125,000 to USD 210,000 a year.

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