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AI Engineer in USA

Clera
Full time
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USA
10/20/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Build and improve foundational models through training, reinforcement learning, and model architecture work.
Develop and ship production LLM applications, including agents, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, and model-serving systems.
Create evaluations, benchmarks, and quality monitoring for LLM systems.
Contribute as a hands-on individual engineer across model development and application engineering.

Requirements

One to five years of professional engineering experience.
Practical experience building foundational models across training, reinforcement learning, and architecture.
A track record of building and shipping production LLM applications.
Strong Python skills and hands-on experience with an ML framework such as PyTorch.
Experience evaluating LLM systems through evaluations, benchmarks, or quality monitoring.
Interest in a ground-level individual contributor role.

Benefits

Base salary range of $180,000 to $220,000 USD annually.
On-site work in San Francisco, California; candidates should be based in the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to work on-site.

Salary: $180k - $220k/yr

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