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Clera

Founding Software and AI Engineer

Munich
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · Munich
Visa
Not offered

Not stated in the posting: salary.

Open. First seen 23 October 2026.

About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage healthtech team as its founding software and AI engineer, taking diagnostic technology from research prototype to deployed medical device. You will build production software and AI systems while helping shape the technical strategy for commercialization.

What You'll Do

  • Own software delivery across the application, backend, and AI components.
  • Develop and deploy computer vision models to interpret colorimetric signals from diagnostic hardware.
  • Build backend APIs and establish architecture, testing, and deployment practices.
  • Integrate imaging hardware and manage data pipelines for machine learning workflows.
  • Help define technical strategy and support commercialization alongside the founding team.

What We're Looking For

  • A relevant master's degree or equivalent practical experience, with at least 3 years of software development experience building production applications.
  • Strong Python skills and experience shipping production software, building backend systems and APIs, and designing production software architecture.
  • Practical experience building and deploying computer vision and machine learning models, including data pipelines for ML workflows.
  • Experience with frontend or mobile development, C or C++, and software integration with hardware or embedded systems.
  • Familiarity with cloud or on-premises deployment, CI/CD, and MLOps practices.
  • Medical device or other regulated software experience, including familiarity with IEC 62304, is valuable, as is experience taking prototypes to commercial deployment.
  • An independent, entrepreneurial approach and strong ownership mindset.

Compensation & Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available. Local work authorization is required.

Location

On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

What this role asks for

Standard for data science / ML roles

Machine Learning · Python

Common in data science / ML postings at any company.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 432 open in Engineering. 366 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

Python (184 of 432), LLM (182 of 432), TypeScript (171 of 432), React (136 of 432), Machine Learning (110 of 432), PostgreSQL (78 of 432), JavaScript (75 of 432)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

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