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Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$150,000 - $250,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 22 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team as its first engineering hire. You will own core systems for an agentic integration platform serving enterprise customers and help establish the technical foundations for future growth.

What You'll Do

  • Own the agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations runtime from design through production.
  • Set engineering patterns and standards that support the growth of the team.
  • Work closely with company founders, contributing technical judgment and leadership.
  • Ship production improvements frequently while building reliable, observable systems.

What We're Looking For

  • Three or more years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production systems, ideally in a fast-paced startup.
  • Experience taking a product or major feature from zero to one, with measurable customer impact.
  • Strong full-stack skills with TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
  • Experience building workflows with large language models and agent-based platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, PostgreSQL, and database design.
  • Experience with production observability, monitoring, tracing, and reliable retry and queuing patterns in distributed systems.
  • A broad engineering background and experience setting technical patterns for a growing team.
  • A completed or in-progress undergraduate degree in computer science or engineering.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $150,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

AWS · Node.js

Rare in Clera's other 299 open postings.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 406 open in Engineering. 340 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 (170 of 406), Python (170 of 406), TypeScript (159 of 406), React (126 of 406), Machine Learning (98 of 406), PostgreSQL (74 of 406), JavaScript (69 of 406)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Other openings for this role

30 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 9 September 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

90 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median USD 150,000 to USD 250,000 a year.

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