Founding Engineer

Clera

San Francisco Full-time $160K – $200K/yr today
Workplace
On-site
Location
San Francisco
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About the role

About the Role

Join an early engineering team building AI-powered software for industrial ingredient manufacturers. You will work closely with the founding team, take ownership across the product, and help automate complex document-heavy workflows in a traditionally underserved industry.

What You'll Do

* Build backend systems that ingest and process real-world documents from customer systems and inboxes.

* Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documents.

* Own product features end to end, from backend services and data models through to the user interface.

* Ship quickly, gather feedback from users, and improve the product based on what you learn.

* Work across application development, infrastructure, and AI as the needs of the team evolve.

What We're Looking For

* Experience can range from 1 to 10+ years. We value shipped work, ownership, and increasing scope over a specific degree or career length.

* Prior experience as a founder, founding engineer, or one of the first engineers at an early-stage startup.

* A track record of building and launching production products or major features that real users rely on.

* Strong full-stack skills, including the ability to work across backend services, frontend interfaces, and infrastructure.

* Experience with AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval, or automation, ideally in production.

* Relevant technologies include Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, Next.js, Postgres, GCP, and commercial LLM providers. Experience with equivalent tools is welcome.

* Backend experience processing documents or unstructured data and designing relational schemas is valuable.

* Interest in industrial software, supply chains, food manufacturing, or other traditional industries is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually, plus 0.5% to 2% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

This is an on-site role in San Francisco, California.

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