# Founding Engineer - Full Stack at Clera

Founding Engineer - Full Stack at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $150k–$250k. Posted June 3, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $150k–$250k
- Experience: 1+ year
- Posted: 2026-06-03
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/cea943d6-817f-441c-baa1-d295916ace46/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/founding-engineer-full-stack-clera-zgaze4

## Requirements

- 1+ years of experience on engineering teams (2+ preferred), including at least one stint longer than 18 months in a strong startup or scale-up environment.
- Full-stack proficiency — comfortable owning customer-facing UI through to infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with React, Python, Terraform, and AWS.
- Experience building agentic systems or working with LLMs in production.
- Strong product sense and design instincts; able to translate customer needs into shippable features.
- Startup experience or self-driven personal projects that demonstrate initiative and high agency.
- Must be a US citizen or have US work authorization (no visa sponsorship for candidates outside the US).

## Description

### About the Role

A Y Combinator-backed AI startup is looking for a **Founding Engineer – Full Stack** to join a small founding team at the ground floor. The company operates at the intersection of AI research, product, and engineering — building tools that help brands understand and shape how large language models perceive and represent them. This is a rare opportunity to co-define engineering culture and practices from day one in a fast-moving, high-impact environment.

### What You'll Do

- Own problems end-to-end — from customer insight and product requirements all the way through research and infrastructure.

- Maintain a tight feedback loop with customers and the founding team; ship features quickly and iteratively.

- Help define and shape the engineering team's culture, patterns, and best practices.

- Continuously explore and reinvent how engineering teams work effectively alongside AI agents.

### What We're Looking For

**Required**

- 1+ years of experience on engineering teams (2+ preferred), including at least one stint longer than 18 months in a strong startup or scale-up environment.

- Full-stack proficiency — comfortable owning customer-facing UI through to infrastructure.

- Hands-on experience with **React, Python, Terraform, and AWS**.

- Experience building agentic systems or working with LLMs in production.

- Strong product sense and design instincts; able to translate customer needs into shippable features.

- Startup experience or self-driven personal projects that demonstrate initiative and high agency.

- Must be a US citizen or have US work authorization (no visa sponsorship for candidates outside the US).

**Nice to Have**

- Scientific or academic research background.

- Direct customer-facing experience in a technical role.

- Enthusiasm for adopting AI-powered coding and productivity tools.

### Compensation & Benefits

- **Salary:** $150,000 – $250,000 USD annually (depending on experience)

- Early-stage equity

- Visa sponsorship available for eligible candidates

### Location

This role is **on-site in San Francisco, CA**. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco.