Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$160,000 - $200,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 26 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team building AI tools for industrial ingredient manufacturers. As an early engineering hire, you will work closely with the founding team and take on product work across backend, frontend, infrastructure, and AI agents.

What You'll Do

  • Build backend systems that ingest and process real-world documents from customer systems and inboxes.
  • Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documents.
  • Own features end to end across the stack, from backend services to user interfaces.
  • Ship quickly, learn from user feedback, and adapt the product to customer needs.

What We're Looking For

  • Meaningful engineering experience beyond intern-level work, demonstrated through product ownership, scope, and impact; the role is open to a range of experience levels.
  • Early-stage startup or founding engineering experience, with evidence of taking products or major features from concept to production.
  • Strong full-stack skills, including backend development, frontend implementation, and relational data modeling with Postgres or an equivalent database.
  • Experience shipping software used by real people and explaining engineering tradeoffs and lessons learned.
  • Production experience with AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval, search, or automation is valuable.
  • Relevant technologies include Kotlin and Spring Boot, React and Next.js, Postgres, GCP, and commercial LLM providers. Experience with Kotlin is not required if you can learn it.
  • Document processing, unstructured data extraction, or experience with manufacturing, supply chain, or other traditional industries is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually, plus 0.5% to 2% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. Candidates should be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

GCP · Kotlin · Next.js · Spring

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 449 open in Engineering. 383 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 (198 of 449), LLM (189 of 449), TypeScript (180 of 449), React (143 of 449), Machine Learning (118 of 449), PostgreSQL (84 of 449), JavaScript (80 of 449)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Other openings for this role

33 postings for this role in San Francisco since 9 September 2026, 32 still open. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

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

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