# Founding Engineer, AI/ML at Clera

Founding Engineer, AI/ML at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $130k–$170k. Posted November 4, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $130k–$170k
- Posted: 2026-11-04
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/81df78d2-58a0-488a-8fff-63dc49b11a1d/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/founding-engineer-aiml-clera-yehgey

## Requirements

- Two to five years of software engineering experience building and shipping production product features.
- Applied ML engineering experience at a product company or startup, including production recommendation, ranking, or matching systems.
- Experience shipping LLM-powered features using LLM APIs, as well as hands-on work with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent ML frameworks.
- Strong production engineering skills in TypeScript or Python, with experience maintaining data pipelines and services.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and comfort with fast-paced, iterative startup work.
- React experience is useful, as are Supabase, Prisma, Typesense or similar search infrastructure, embeddings, vector search, and workflow automation tools.
- Evidence of strong technical achievement through education, open-source work, or personal projects.

## Description

### About the Role

Build the intelligence layer for an AI-powered recruiting marketplace, including the systems that match candidates with relevant roles. As a founding engineer, you will take ownership of recommendation, ranking, retrieval, and LLM-powered matching from early design through production.

### What You'll Do

- Own the AI/ML systems for recommendations, ranking, and retrieval.

- Build and improve LLM-powered candidate-to-role matching.

- Turn product goals into working features and ship them at a rapid cadence.

- Architect and maintain the production data pipelines and services that support models.

- Work directly with company leadership to deliver product systems end to end.

### What We're Looking For

- Two to five years of software engineering experience building and shipping production product features.

- Applied ML engineering experience at a product company or startup, including production recommendation, ranking, or matching systems.

- Experience shipping LLM-powered features using LLM APIs, as well as hands-on work with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent ML frameworks.

- Strong production engineering skills in TypeScript or Python, with experience maintaining data pipelines and services.

- Strong computer science fundamentals and comfort with fast-paced, iterative startup work.

- React experience is useful, as are Supabase, Prisma, Typesense or similar search infrastructure, embeddings, vector search, and workflow automation tools.

- Evidence of strong technical achievement through education, open-source work, or personal projects.

### Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $130,000 to $170,000 annually, plus founding-hire equity. Visa sponsorship is available.

### Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. The role requires working in person six days per week. Relocation assistance is available.