# Founding Engineer at Clera

Founding Engineer at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $160k–$200k. Posted October 30, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $160k–$200k
- Posted: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/beee9474-165a-4791-9315-de94249f2c9b/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/founding-engineer-clera-afhckj

## 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, including 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 and Spring Boot, React and 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.

## Description

### About the Role

Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team building AI tools for industrial ingredient manufacturers. As an early engineering hire, you will work closely with the founding team and shape products that automate document-heavy workflows across the industry.

### What You'll Do

- 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, from backend services and infrastructure through frontend experiences.

- Ship quickly, learn from real user feedback, and adapt the product as customer needs evolve.

### What We're Looking For

- 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, including 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 and Spring Boot, React and 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.

### Compensation & Benefits

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

### Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.