# Founding Product Engineer at Clera

Founding Product Engineer at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $200k–$250k. Posted October 28, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $200k–$250k
- Experience: 8+ years
- Posted: 2026-10-28
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/5af92324-8ecb-4272-88cf-8c547c580d83/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/founding-product-engineer-clera-0mgcrt

## Requirements

- At least 8 years of software engineering experience, including startup experience owning and delivering full product areas at staff-level scope.
- Strong backend experience with Python, FastAPI, and MongoDB or comparable technologies, plus experience designing server-side business logic and versioned APIs.
- Hands-on React and TypeScript skills, including the ability to independently deliver a polished user interface.
- A track record of turning ambiguous customer needs into shipped products, including customer discovery, data modeling, and end-to-end delivery.
- Experience with AI-enabled products or agent workflows; familiarity with MCP-style tooling is beneficial.
- Interest or experience in B2B SaaS monetization, including pricing, packaging, quoting, billing, or CPQ.
- Strong attention to correctness, particularly in financial logic, and US work authorization without visa sponsorship.

## Description

### About the Role

Join a small B2B SaaS team building AI-powered pricing and monetization software. In this hands-on role, you will own product modules from customer discovery through launch, shaping reliable systems for complex pricing workflows.

### What You'll Do

- Scope product problems with customers, then design versioned APIs, build user interfaces, launch complete modules, and iterate on feedback.

- Design and evolve architecture for AI-enabled experiences across web, conversational interfaces, command-line tools, and vendor integrations.

- Make product features accessible to LLM agents through agent tooling and conversational workflows.

- Move pricing and business logic into backend services to protect financial accuracy.

- Extend typed pricing data models and establish testing, observability, deployment, and performance practices.

- Lead architectural discussions, investigate production issues, mentor teammates, and improve engineering practices.

### What We're Looking For

- At least 8 years of software engineering experience, including startup experience owning and delivering full product areas at staff-level scope.

- Strong backend experience with Python, FastAPI, and MongoDB or comparable technologies, plus experience designing server-side business logic and versioned APIs.

- Hands-on React and TypeScript skills, including the ability to independently deliver a polished user interface.

- A track record of turning ambiguous customer needs into shipped products, including customer discovery, data modeling, and end-to-end delivery.

- Experience with AI-enabled products or agent workflows; familiarity with MCP-style tooling is beneficial.

- Interest or experience in B2B SaaS monetization, including pricing, packaging, quoting, billing, or CPQ.

- Strong attention to correctness, particularly in financial logic, and US work authorization without visa sponsorship.

### Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $200,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

### Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco.