Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
clera · San Francisco · onsite
USD 150,000 to 250,000 a year
About the RoleJoin an early engineering team building an AI-powered integration platform for businesses. You will own core systems across agent orchestration, infrastructure, and the integrations runtime, helping establish the technical foundation for the product.
What You'll Do- Build and operate the agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations runtime end to end.
- Establish engineering patterns and systems that support future team growth.
- Work closely with company leadership, ship frequently to production, and shape the overall system.
What We're Looking For- Two to nine years of professional software engineering experience, with repeated ownership of production systems.
- Broad engineering experience across AI agent platforms, infrastructure, and integration runtimes.
- Experience using AI coding agents while applying sound judgment to production quality.
- Strong engineering, computer science, or quantitative foundations, supported by a completed or in-progress degree from a well-regarded technical university.
- Experience founding a venture with outside funding or full-time employees, or working as an engineer at an early-stage startup backed by a leading accelerator or top-tier investors.
- Experience with TypeScript, React, Bun, Effect-TS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and AWS.
Compensation & BenefitsSalary range: $150,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship may be available when an O-1 visa is a realistic option.
LocationOn-site in San Francisco, California, five days per week. Candidates currently elsewhere in the United States should have a concrete, dated relocation plan to San Francisco.