Founding Engineer, AI Product
clera · San Francisco · onsite
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join the AI product team as a founding engineer, owning an agent-based product from concept through production. You will shape product and technical decisions while building user-facing features and the backend systems that power the platform.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design and build user-facing features for an AI agent product, balancing usability with technical feasibility.
- Develop and maintain backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure for production AI workloads.
- Gather feedback, test product ideas, and ship improvements in rapid cycles.
- Own systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to deployment and monitoring.
- Collaborate with the founding team on product direction and technical strategy.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience and a record of shipping products.
- Full-stack product engineering skills across frontend, backend, and production infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered products, LLM applications, or agent workflows.
- Experience owning systems from zero to one, ideally in a startup, founding-engineer, solo-builder, or early-stage environment.
- Comfort working through ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete information.
LOCATION
This is a full-time, on-site role in San Francisco, California. Candidates should be able to work on-site in the Bay Area or relocate.