Clera
Founding Engineer, NLP Systems & Infrastructure
- Compensation
- €60K–€120K / yr
- From job posting
- Location
- Munich, Bavaria, DE
- Arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28 October 2026 (4 days ago)
Checked 4 days agoApplications go to the employer, never to RoleSprint
About this role
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage dual-use AI company as its first technical hire, turning a research-grade prototype into dependable production software for enterprise and public-sector users. You will begin as a hands-on builder with broad technical ownership, then grow the engineering team and take on people leadership.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design and own production architecture for data and NLP pipelines, AI/ML integrations, CI/CD, observability, and cloud or on-premises deployments.
- Set the engineering roadmap and balance delivery speed with quality and security.
- Build and validate the first production release, including infrastructure and security decisions.
- Hire and lead an engineering team, set technical standards, and support a positive team culture.
- Work closely with founders and users to iterate on the product.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 5 years building and operating production data-intensive or NLP systems, including ingestion, deduplication, entity resolution, queues, and orchestrated pipelines.
- Strong Python skills and experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and observability, including monitoring data or model drift.
- Experience with PostgreSQL and a graph database, vector store, or search engine, plus embeddings, vector search, and language model integrations.
- Ability to build clean APIs and functional analyst-facing interfaces using React, Vue, or a similar framework.
- Experience architecting production systems for cloud and on-premises deployment. Docker, Kubernetes, or Helm experience is an advantage.
- Willingness and eligibility to obtain German security clearance. Eligibility is subject to German requirements, including nationality restrictions under §13 SÜG.
- Experience with open-web or platform data, early-stage startups, German language, or public-sector and dual-use technology is a plus.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary: €60,000 to €120,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
LOCATION
On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Work location
- Munich, Bavaria, DE
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Published 28 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.