Founding Engineer

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Founding Engineer in USA new

Clera
Full time
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USA
10/31/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Build backend systems to ingest and process documents from customer business systems and inboxes.
Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documentation.
Own product features end to end across backend services, infrastructure, and frontend experiences.
Ship quickly, incorporate real user feedback, and adapt products to evolving customer needs.

Requirements

Experience as a founding engineer, founder/CTO, or one of the first engineers at an early-stage startup.
Demonstrated 0-to-1 product ownership, including launching production products or major features used by real customers.
Strong full-stack engineering range covering backend services, frontend product development, and relational database design.
Experience with AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval, search, or automation, ideally in production.
Relevant technologies include Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, Next.js, Postgres, and GCP; experience with other languages or cloud platforms is welcome, and Kotlin is not required.
Document processing, unstructured data, manufacturing, supply chain, or other industrial-domain experience is useful.
No specific degree or years of experience are required; evidence of shipped work, ownership, and strong engineering judgment is important.

Benefits

Base salary plus equity.
Visa sponsorship is not available.
On-site role in San Francisco, California.

Salary: $160k - $200k/yr

Clera

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