Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$150,000 - $250,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 29 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI company building software that learns enterprise workflows and automates them with coding agents. As the first engineering hire, you will build across the product stack and help turn hands-on client work into a repeatable system.

What You'll Do

  • Build high-throughput, high-concurrency systems that capture activity from client desktop environments.
  • Develop privacy and redaction systems to keep sensitive data appropriately protected.
  • Model recorded work as structured process knowledge, including knowledge graphs.
  • Build coding-agent systems that generate software and support deploying it into production.
  • Work directly with clients to install desktop agents, map workflows, and deliver automation.
  • Turn practical, end-to-end client work into scalable product capabilities.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 2 years of experience shipping production software end to end, including owning features from design through deployment.
  • Experience working directly with clients or customers in a technical role.
  • Experience building LLMs or AI agents into production systems.
  • Strong full-stack or backend skills in TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, or a similar language.
  • Interest in a high-ownership, early-stage role with ambiguity and broad product responsibilities.
  • Experience with high-throughput or high-concurrency systems, Rust, desktop applications or agents, or coding-agent and code-generation systems is valuable.
  • Familiarity with Tauri, Electron, Windows, PostgreSQL, Next.js, or Azure is useful.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $150,000 to $250,000 annually, plus 0.5% to 1.5% equity. US work authorization is required; visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

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

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Azure · Golang · Next.js · Rust

Rare in Clera's other 208 open postings.

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 207 open in Engineering. 141 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 (102 of 207), TypeScript (90 of 207), Python (82 of 207), React (77 of 207), Machine Learning (45 of 207), Supabase (37 of 207), JavaScript (36 of 207)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted once since 9 September 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

Salary context

49 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median USD 160,000 to USD 250,000 a year.

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