Clera
Founding Engineer (AI/ML)
- Compensation
- $130K–$170K / yr
- From job posting
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- Arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11 October 2026 (4 days ago)
Checked 4 days agoApplications go to the employer, never to RoleSprint
About this role
ABOUT THE ROLE
Build the intelligence layer for an AI-powered recruiting marketplace, including the systems that recommend and match candidates with roles. As a founding engineer, you will own this core product area and work closely with company leadership to turn product goals into production systems.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build and own recommendation, ranking, retrieval, and matching systems.
- Develop LLM-powered features that improve alignment between candidates and roles.
- Take product features from problem definition through implementation and production release.
- Architect and maintain the data pipelines and services that support production models.
- Collaborate with company leadership and ship improvements at a rapid cadence.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Two to five years of experience building and shipping end-to-end software features in production environments.
- Production experience with recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, or ML-powered matching.
- Applied machine learning experience, including shipping models or ML-powered products to users.
- Proficiency in TypeScript or Python, plus experience with production LLM APIs and ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, or equivalent.
- Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines and services, ideally in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and evidence of notable technical work, such as open-source contributions or personal projects.
- Helpful experience includes React, embeddings, vector search, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense, or workflow automation tools.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is $130,000 to $170,000 annually, plus founding-hire equity. Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California. This role works in person six days per week.
Work location
- San Francisco, CA, US
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Published 11 October 2026, last checked 4 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.