Clera

Founding Software Engineer

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

Open. First seen 7 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI company building software that connects AI agents with real-world laboratory systems. You will own critical infrastructure for coordinating experiments, connecting agents and instruments, and capturing reliable data across physical and software systems.

What You'll Do

  • Build systems that schedule and coordinate experiments across distributed laboratories.
  • Connect AI agents to experiments and instruments through robust agent infrastructure.
  • Design data infrastructure to capture system state, actions, measurements, failures, and provenance.
  • Architect distributed systems that reliably coordinate software, devices, and experiments.
  • Develop APIs and developer tools 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 experience building production-grade software systems end to end.
  • Strong proficiency in Python or Rust, with solid software engineering fundamentals.
  • Production backend or distributed-systems experience, including APIs, networking, and asynchronous communication.
  • Experience building software as an engineer at an early-stage startup.
  • Ability to take ownership in ambiguous environments and debug across software and hardware layers.
  • Experience with robotics, physical AI, hardware integration, lab automation, embedded systems, ML infrastructure, data infrastructure, or orchestration systems is a plus. Biology experience is not required.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $100,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Munich, Germany. Other listed work locations include Zurich, Switzerland, and San Francisco, United States.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Embedded Systems · Rust

Rare in Clera's other 299 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 349 open in Engineering. 217 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 (169 of 349), TypeScript (163 of 349), React (137 of 349), Python (134 of 349), Supabase (69 of 349), PostgreSQL (68 of 349), Machine Learning (64 of 349)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted 2 times since 1 October 2026: a posting for this role in Munich was taken down and the role was posted again.

Salary context

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

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