Clera

Software Engineer - Full Stack

San Francisco
Salary
$120,000 - $150,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 6 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

An early-stage adtech startup building AI-native advertising infrastructure is looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join their growing engineering team. You'll work across an advertiser-facing platform, attribution systems, and analytics pipelines — owning projects end to end in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and go-to-market, so you'll be translating real customer and business needs into robust technical solutions.

What You'll Do

  • Own technical projects from scoping and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production maintenance.
  • Build and maintain reliable backend systems and production-grade APIs (REST, gRPC) with a focus on scalability and fault tolerance.
  • Operate and improve production services: monitoring, observability, incident response, and performance troubleshooting.
  • Work with AWS cloud services — deploying, operating, and troubleshooting in production environments.
  • Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries for analytical and transactional workloads.
  • Collaborate closely with GTM and product stakeholders to turn business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Contribute to analytics, attribution, and event-driven data pipelines that power measurement and reporting.

What We're Looking For

Required:

  • Proven track record owning technical projects end to end in production environments.
  • Hands-on experience building backend systems and designing/consuming production APIs.
  • Strong practical AWS experience (deploying, operating, troubleshooting).
  • Proficiency in Python (Django and/or FastAPI), REST API design, and async patterns.
  • PostgreSQL experience: query optimization and schema design.
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship (now or in the future) — the company does not provide visa sponsorship.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with analytics, attribution, adtech, or event-driven/data pipelines and instrumentation.
  • Familiarity with ClickHouse or other column-oriented OLAP databases at scale.
  • Containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud infrastructure.
  • Background in real-time data systems, event streaming (Kafka, Redis Streams), or high-throughput API design.
  • Prior experience at an early-stage startup or a major tech company shipping production code.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience (preferred, not required).

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $120,000 – $150,000 USD annually
  • Early-stage equity opportunity

Location

This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates must be willing and able to work from the San Francisco office. Visa sponsorship is not available.

What this role asks for

Standard for full stack roles

AWS · PostgreSQL · Python · REST

Common in full stack 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.

Salary context

5 other open postings titled Software Engineer - Full Stack state a salary: median USD 140,000 to USD 195,000 a year.

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