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Founding Engineer, Agents in USA

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

Responsibilities

Build autonomous agents that sustain execution toward goals over weeks without continuous human intervention.
Design memory systems that allow agents to retain and build on knowledge over time.
Develop evaluation frameworks comparing agent performance with human-level baselines.
Improve agent reliability and reduce the need for human review of each run.
Own core agent systems and evaluations as part of an early-stage AI team.

Requirements

Hands-on experience building dependable agents and understanding their current failure modes.
Experience developing memory systems, long-running execution capabilities, or multi-step reasoning systems that maintain goals over time.
A track record of building evaluation frameworks that inform real decisions and compare agent performance with human baselines.
Published research that others build on or software shipped at meaningful scale.
Background in competitive math, programming, debate, games, founding, or participation in a leading accelerator.
A collaborative and kind approach, including during difficult work.

Benefits

Base salary range of $150,000 to $300,000 annually.
On-site work five days per week in San Francisco, California.

Salary: $150k - $300k/yr

Clera

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