Clera

Founding Software Engineer

Munich
Salary
$100,000 - $250,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · Munich
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 30 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI and robotics company building software that connects AI agents with real-world laboratory systems. You will own core infrastructure for coordinating experiments, devices, and distributed workflows, helping establish a new category of software for physical systems.

What You'll Do

  • Build orchestration systems that schedule and coordinate experiments across distributed labs.
  • Develop robust infrastructure connecting AI agents with experiments and laboratory instruments.
  • Design data systems that capture state, actions, measurements, failures, and provenance.
  • Architect distributed systems that coordinate software, devices, and experiments reliably.
  • Create developer tools and APIs for new workflows and integrations.
  • Debug and optimize systems across software, hardware, and physical environments.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of professional experience building production-grade software systems end to end.
  • Strong proficiency in Python or Rust, with a track record of building production backend or distributed systems.
  • Experience designing distributed systems involving APIs, networking, and asynchronous communication.
  • Early-stage startup engineering experience and the ability to take ownership in an ambiguous environment.
  • Systems-level debugging skills, ideally across hardware, firmware, and software.
  • Experience with robotics, physical AI, agent systems, lab automation, ML infrastructure, data infrastructure, orchestration, or developer tooling is beneficial.
  • No biology experience is required.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $100,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Munich, Germany.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Embedded Systems · Rust

Rare in Clera's other 205 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 201 open in Engineering. 135 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 (94 of 201), TypeScript (88 of 201), Python (81 of 201), React (74 of 201), Machine Learning (41 of 201), PostgreSQL (40 of 201), Supabase (36 of 201)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted once since 1 October 2026: a posting for this role in Munich was taken down and the role was posted again.

Salary context

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

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