Founding Engineer
clera · Remote
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage AI infrastructure startup as its first engineer. You will work directly with the founder to evolve a functioning product into scalable infrastructure for AI-powered service businesses, with broad ownership across the product and its technical direction.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Develop the architecture and infrastructure needed to scale the product to a large user base.
- Build and operate the agent runtime, including orchestration, memory, verification, and supporting systems.
- Take projects end to end across backend, infrastructure, frontend, and AI agents.
- Set technical standards and guide how the engineering team builds as it grows.
- Ship improvements regularly to users operating real businesses.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 2 years of experience shipping production software, or an equivalent record as a founder, solo builder, or exceptional early-career engineer.
- Experience building and running LLM or AI agent systems in production, with real users relying on them.
- Full-stack range, including the ability to work across backend, infrastructure, and user interfaces.
- Experience turning prototypes into dependable systems through sound architecture, data models, runtime design, and orchestration.
- Evidence of owning technical decisions and delivering quickly in an early-stage or independent environment.
- Strong generalist engineering skills and practical experience with agent workflows, memory, evaluations, or verification are valuable.
- Based in Europe and willing to relocate to San Francisco within the first year.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is €80,000 to €140,000 annually. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are available for a move to San Francisco.
LOCATION
Remote within Europe, with relocation to San Francisco expected within the first year.