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Clera

Founding Applied AI Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$180,000 - $230,000
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 16 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

As the first senior AI hire at an early-stage AI marketing SaaS startup, you will own the quality and intelligence of multi-channel marketing agents. You will work closely with the founder to shape the agent architecture, evaluation systems, and learning loops that help the product deliver reliable results.

What You'll Do

  • Improve agent output and content quality across social channels and article writing, making quality measurable through evaluation systems.
  • Improve performance across search engine optimization and generative engine optimization.
  • Build feedback loops that help agents learn from real-world results and performance signals.
  • Own and improve AI infrastructure, agent architecture, model strategy, and supporting data pipelines.
  • Help hire and lead the AI team as it grows.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years building production machine learning or AI systems, including recent hands-on experience shipping LLM products or agents.
  • Experience designing evaluations and using outcome signals at scale in search, ranking, recommendations, or related domains.
  • Strong TypeScript, including Next.js, and Python skills for data analysis, evaluations, and model work, with a track record of shipping end to end.
  • Experience building feedback loops, improving production AI systems, and owning work in a startup or small team.
  • Familiarity with search, ranking, or AI answer engines; marketing experience is a plus, while recommendations, algorithms, or reinforcement learning experience is also relevant.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual base salary is $180,000 to $230,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.

Other openings for this role

2 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 10 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

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