Clera

Founding Engineer Intern

San Francisco
Level
Intern
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Not stated in the posting: salary.

Open. First seen 6 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

A fast-growing, pre-seed AI startup in the talent and recruiting space is looking for a Founding Engineer Intern to join their founding team in San Francisco. You'll work directly with the CTO to ship features daily and help build a fully agentic system that automates headhunting end-to-end. This role puts you at the center of rapid experimentation with real ownership and high-impact outcomes — including time in hacker-house environments in Latin America.

What You'll Do

  • Build and ship features daily alongside the CTO to automate the recruiting process end-to-end.
  • Own full end-to-end development — from ideation to production — for core product features.
  • Collaborate with the founding team to design and ship components of an agentic AI system.
  • Talk to users and measure impact on hiring speed to drive rapid iteration.
  • Thrive in a founder-paced, high-output environment with daily feedback loops.

What We're Looking For

Required:

  • At least 6 months of experience with React and TypeScript in a production environment.
  • Hands-on experience with Cursor, Supabase, Prisma, and Typesense in a production React/TypeScript stack.
  • Full-stack focus — not an ML engineer and not overly specialized in a single language (e.g. Python or C++).
  • Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive features from ideation to production independently.
  • Currently enrolled in or pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Something outstanding about your profile — top GPA, strong university, impressive projects, or an active GitHub.
  • Experience working in entrepreneurial, fast-paced, scrappy environments.
  • Willingness to work 7 days/week and participate in hacker-house setups in LatAm.

Nice to Have:

  • Portfolio or sample projects demonstrating full-stack development and open-source contributions.

Location

Based in San Francisco, CA. On-site role with hacker-house periods in Latin America. Visa sponsorship is available.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

C++ · GitHub

Rare in Clera's other 182 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 357 open in Engineering. 225 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 (181 of 357), TypeScript (179 of 357), React (155 of 357), Python (150 of 357), Machine Learning (75 of 357), Supabase (73 of 357), PostgreSQL (69 of 357)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Other openings for this role

2 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.

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