# Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform) at Clera

Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform) at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $160k–$250k. Posted June 3, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $160k–$250k
- Experience: 2+ years
- Posted: 2026-06-03
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/a46a819d-ce7b-4e51-b750-e932d9d1147a/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/seniorstaff-software-engineer-platform-clera-jet46r

## Requirements

- Required: Experience within the supply chain domain (manufacturing, procurement, logistics, or freight workflows).
- Proven experience designing reliable data processing with transactional guarantees — ACID semantics, exactly-once processing, and idempotent APIs.
- Experience with NLP/ML pipelines for extracting data from unstructured documents and emails, including OCR and information extraction.
- Familiarity integrating with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and freight/carrier APIs, including legacy or poorly documented interfaces.
- Strong computer science fundamentals; all educational backgrounds welcome.
- Tech stack: TypeScript, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, RAG architectures, AWS, containerization, CI/CD, RESTful patterns.
- 2–10+ years of relevant software engineering experience.

## Description

### About the Role

Join a seed-funded AI and supply chain automation startup serving US manufacturers. As a Senior/Staff Platform Engineer, you will build the software layer that powers autonomous manufacturing operations — designing scalable backend services, intelligent data pipelines, and deep integrations with ERP and freight systems that move physical goods reliably. This is a high-impact, foundational role at a small, fast-moving team.

### What You'll Do

- **Design and scale backend services:** Architect Next.js API routes, background jobs, and serverless functions to handle high-throughput order processing.

- **Build AI-powered agents:** Develop and productionize LLM-based agents, AI/ML infrastructure, and RAG patterns for intelligent quote analysis and supplier recommendations.

- **Own the data layer:** Design Supabase/PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and complex queries covering materials, quotes, orders, and supplier relationships.

- **Architect event-driven systems:** Build reliable pipelines for order state management, notification triggers, and cross-system synchronization.

- **Implement caching and rate limiting:** Design strategies for external API calls to ensure reliability at scale.

- **Drive platform reliability:** Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability patterns; own incident response for all backend systems.

### What We're Looking For

- **Required:** Experience within the supply chain domain (manufacturing, procurement, logistics, or freight workflows).

- Proven experience designing reliable data processing with transactional guarantees — ACID semantics, exactly-once processing, and idempotent APIs.

- Experience with NLP/ML pipelines for extracting data from unstructured documents and emails, including OCR and information extraction.

- Familiarity integrating with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and freight/carrier APIs, including legacy or poorly documented interfaces.

- Strong computer science fundamentals; all educational backgrounds welcome.

- **Tech stack:** TypeScript, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, RAG architectures, AWS, containerization, CI/CD, RESTful patterns.

- 2–10+ years of relevant software engineering experience.

### Compensation & Benefits

- **Salary:** $160,000 – $250,000 USD annually

- Visa sponsorship available

### Location

On-site in **San Francisco, CA, United States**. This role is not remote.