Founding Product Engineer
clera · Remote
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join the engineering team at a seed-stage AI communications SaaS company as a Founding Product Engineer. You will own product features from discovery and prototyping through production, helping build AI-powered tools that improve customer communications for businesses across Europe.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own features end to end, from forming a hypothesis to implementation, release, and iteration.
- Run rapid experiments and build lightweight prototypes to validate product ideas.
- Speak regularly with customers, partners, and Sales to identify real needs and pain points.
- Design tracking and use product metrics to guide decisions and improvements.
- Build across the stack and make pragmatic architecture choices that balance fast learning with long-term scalability.
- Take ownership of initiatives and move them forward independently.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least three years of product engineering experience delivering features end to end.
- Full-stack experience with Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, and React.
- Experience owning software from architecture and implementation through production release.
- Hands-on experience in a startup environment and a strong customer-focused product mindset.
- German proficiency at B2 level or above and fluent English.
- Experience integrating large language models or building AI-powered features is an advantage.
- Comfort using data and metrics to make product decisions.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Annual base salary of €80,000 to €120,000, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
Remote within Germany, with overlap in Central European Time.