Clera
Founding Engineer
- Compensation
- $160K–$200K / yr
- From job posting
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- Arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10 October 2026 (5 days ago)
Checked 5 days agoApplications go to the employer, never to RoleSprint
About this role
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early engineering team building AI-powered software for industrial ingredient manufacturers. You will work closely with the founding team, take ownership across the product, and help automate complex document-heavy workflows in a traditionally underserved industry.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build backend systems that ingest and process real-world documents from customer systems and inboxes.
- Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documents.
- Own product features end to end, from backend services and data models through to the user interface.
- Ship quickly, gather feedback from users, and improve the product based on what you learn.
- Work across application development, infrastructure, and AI as the needs of the team evolve.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Experience can range from 1 to 10+ years. We value shipped work, ownership, and increasing scope over a specific degree or career length.
- Prior experience as a founder, founding engineer, or one of the first engineers at an early-stage startup.
- A track record of building and launching production products or major features that real users rely on.
- Strong full-stack skills, including the ability to work across backend services, frontend interfaces, and infrastructure.
- Experience with AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval, or automation, ideally in production.
- Relevant technologies include Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, Next.js, Postgres, GCP, and commercial LLM providers. Experience with equivalent tools is welcome.
- Backend experience processing documents or unstructured data and designing relational schemas is valuable.
- Interest in industrial software, supply chains, food manufacturing, or other traditional industries is a plus.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually, plus 0.5% to 2% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
This is an on-site role in San Francisco, California.
Work location
- San Francisco, CA, US
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Published 10 October 2026, last checked 5 days ago. A posting stops being advertised here 90 days after the employer published it, and one the employer takes down is marked closed rather than quietly removed.