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Founding Engineer in USA new

Clera
Full time
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USA
10/19/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Build backend services that ingest and process documents from customer systems and inboxes.
Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documents.
Own features end to end across backend services, data models, and user interfaces.
Contribute across product engineering, infrastructure, and application development.
Ship quickly, incorporate customer feedback, and adapt priorities as the company grows.

Requirements

Experience may range from 1 to 10+ years, with demonstrated ability to ship products or major features used by real customers.
Prior founding engineer, founder, or early engineering hire experience at a startup is strongly valued.
Strong full-stack skills, including backend systems, frontend development, and relational database design.
Experience building production AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval systems, or automation is a plus.
Relevant technologies include Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, Next.js, Postgres, GCP, and commercial LLM providers; candidates with other stacks should be comfortable learning Kotlin.
Experience processing PDFs, unstructured data, or workflows in manufacturing, supply chain, or other traditional industries is helpful.
Track record of increasing ownership and delivering practical solutions in fast-moving environments.

Benefits

Base salary of $160,000 to $200,000 annually plus 0.5% to 2% equity.
On-site work in San Francisco, California; candidates should be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate.

Salary: $160k - $200k/yr

Clera

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