# Founding Design Engineer at Clera

Founding Design Engineer at Clera in Palo Alto. Remote, full-time. Posted November 4, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: Palo Alto
- Workplace: Remote
- Job type: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-11-04
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/357df520-2ec9-48b8-9065-390188ccc04e/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/founding-design-engineer-clera-1f9742

## Requirements

- Experience building and shipping consumer mobile apps with real users, ideally with work available to inspect in an app store or similar.
- Experience owning an app across design, implementation, data, and release.
- Ability to create visual and interaction designs and implement them in code.
- Experience with Flutter, Dart, Swift, or Kotlin, and familiarity with Firebase and TypeScript.
- Experience building products in a startup environment and independently moving work forward without detailed specifications.
- Ability to use product data and user conversations to guide decisions after launch.

## Description

### About the Role

Join a small, early-stage consumer apps team as a Founding Design Engineer. You will own an app end to end, shaping its design and implementation and helping it improve after launch.

### What You'll Do

- Build features from initial sketches through mobile release.

- Create polished, native-feeling screens and interactions, including motion and haptics.

- Develop product loops that encourage users to return.

- Review product data and speak with users to decide what to improve or remove.

- Stay involved with the product after launch and iterate based on what you learn.

### What We're Looking For

- Experience building and shipping consumer mobile apps with real users, ideally with work available to inspect in an app store or similar.

- Experience owning an app across design, implementation, data, and release.

- Ability to create visual and interaction designs and implement them in code.

- Experience with Flutter, Dart, Swift, or Kotlin, and familiarity with Firebase and TypeScript.

- Experience building products in a startup environment and independently moving work forward without detailed specifications.

- Ability to use product data and user conversations to guide decisions after launch.

### Compensation & Benefits

Visa sponsorship is available.

### Location

On-site in Palo Alto, California, United States. Relocation to Palo Alto is an option.