Clera

Founding Software Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$150,000 - $300,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 27 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage real estate technology team building software to support property management operations. You will help shape the product and engineering practices, creating systems that give people and AI tools the context to coordinate leasing, maintenance, and accounting work.

What You'll Do

  • Build the data models and workflows that power a property management operating system.
  • Develop AI systems that use property context to complete tasks, identify missing information, and escalate to people when needed.
  • Make practical engineering decisions in high-stakes areas such as payments, financial records, and resident communications.
  • Ship software to real users, learn from system gaps, and iterate based on feedback.

What We're Looking For

  • Experience building and shipping production software end to end, in backend or full-stack roles.
  • Experience taking projects from problem definition through launch and iteration, ideally at an early-stage startup or as a founder or early engineer.
  • Comfort with TypeScript, Python, and PostgreSQL, or the ability to learn these technologies quickly. Experience with other stacks is welcome.
  • Ownership, rapid learning, and comfort working in an ambiguous environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $150,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

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

What this role asks for

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

Common in software engineering postings at any company.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 428 open in Engineering. 362 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 (185 of 428), LLM (176 of 428), TypeScript (165 of 428), React (137 of 428), Machine Learning (110 of 428), PostgreSQL (80 of 428), JavaScript (73 of 428)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Other openings for this role

3 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

34 other open postings titled Founding Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 150,000 to USD 240,000 a year.

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