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Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco$150k–$220kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

A seed-stage AI data infrastructure startup seeks a Founding Engineer to design and operate core systems for a people-data and AI agent platform. You'll work directly with leadership on end-to-end projects, from infrastructure and APIs to LLM-powered workflows, with significant ownership and influence over technical direction through Series A.

What you'll do

  • Design and build core infrastructure for APIs, LLM workflows, scraping systems, and knowledge graph architecture
  • Architect production-grade systems handling millions of API requests with focus on performance and cost efficiency
  • Own projects end-to-end from problem definition through deployment and iteration
  • Collaborate with CEO and CTO on technical decisions and roadmap priorities
  • Contribute across the stack including documentation, tooling, and experimental features
  • Maintain reliable systems across cloud and Linux server environments

What they're looking for

  • Production software shipping (1+ years required)
  • APIs and distributed systems design
  • Microservices and data pipelines
  • LLMs and AI agents
  • AWS or GCP cloud infrastructure
  • Linux server environments
  • High agency and first-principles thinking
  • Performance and reliability optimization

Benefits

  • Salary: $150,000–$220,000 USD annually
  • Early-stage equity as founding team member
  • Direct collaboration with CEO and CTO
  • Significant technical ownership and influence
  • On-site in San Francisco, CA
  • 0-to-1 building opportunity in fast-moving environment
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Clera

Clera builds an agentic operating system that automates complex workflows and processes through AI agents, with a platform designed to simplify distributed infrastructure management for developers. The company is hiring Founding Engineers, Customer Engineers, and Product Engineers to develop both backend systems and user-facing interfaces across their AI automation products.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a production system you shipped end-to-end. What were the key performance and reliability challenges, and how did you approach them?
  • Describe your experience designing or maintaining APIs at scale. How have you approached performance optimization and cost efficiency?
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