# Member of Technical Staff at Clera

Member of Technical Staff at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $200k–$400k. Posted June 3, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $200k–$400k
- Posted: 2026-06-03
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/6c8acf8b-e1d8-4c02-b2fa-44c0c4494aaa/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/member-of-technical-staff-clera-nf5ssx

## Requirements

- Required: Deep obsession with novel, overlooked, or technically unsolved problems.
- Required: Demonstrated ability to build large, complex, and maintainable systems in roughly one-third the time most engineers consider possible.
- Required: Proficiency in one or more of: TypeScript, Rust, Python.
- Required: Experience with graph databases, flexible data pipelines, or ontological modelling.
- Comfort applying psychology and organisational behaviour insights to product and UX decisions.
- Signal of outlier intelligence — top academic background or standout real-world experience (non-traditional backgrounds welcome).

## Description

### About the Role

Join a well-funded AI and robotics startup tackling some of the hardest open problems in the field. This is a senior individual contributor role for engineers who are obsessed with novel, technically difficult challenges — the kind that don't have existing solutions. You'll work across systems-level infrastructure, real-time AI state management, custom OS development, and UX grounded in human psychology and organisational behaviour.

### What You'll Do

- Design and build custom database and memory systems from scratch.

- Implement real-time LLM token state management at large scale.

- Develop custom Unix OS distributions tailored for both humans and AI agents.

- Rethink UX paradigms using insights from organisational behaviour and human psychology.

- Pursue compounding micro-optimisations across the full stack.

- Work onsite 5 days a week in San Francisco.

### What We're Looking For

- **Required:** Deep obsession with novel, overlooked, or technically unsolved problems.

- **Required:** Demonstrated ability to build large, complex, and maintainable systems in roughly one-third the time most engineers consider possible.

- **Required:** Proficiency in one or more of: TypeScript, Rust, Python.

- **Required:** Experience with graph databases, flexible data pipelines, or ontological modelling.

- Comfort applying psychology and organisational behaviour insights to product and UX decisions.

- Signal of outlier intelligence — top academic background or standout real-world experience (non-traditional backgrounds welcome).

### Compensation & Benefits

- Cash compensation: **$200,000 – $400,000 USD annually**

- Variable equity on top of cash

- Visa sponsorship available

### Location

On-site in **San Francisco, CA** (South Park neighbourhood). This is a fully in-person role — remote work is not available.