Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · San Francisco

Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.

Open. First seen 26 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI/ML company as a founding engineer, working closely with the co-founders to build its product and technical foundation. The team turns real-world company data into datasets that help AI agents handle complex work.

What You'll Do

  • Architect and build core product infrastructure and systems.
  • Make technical decisions that establish the engineering foundation.
  • Collaborate with the co-founders on product strategy and the roadmap.
  • Contribute across full-stack development, DevOps, and system design as needed.
  • Help mentor and hire engineers as the team grows.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 5 years of experience building and shipping production software systems.
  • Experience designing and implementing backend or full-stack systems at scale.
  • Strong fundamentals in at least one backend programming language and experience with modern web frameworks.
  • Comfort with full-stack development and cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or similar.
  • A track record of shipping quickly, making pragmatic technical trade-offs, and communicating effectively in a small, collaborative team.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

AWS · GCP

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

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

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