Founding Product Engineer
clera · Remote
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join the engineering team at a seed-stage AI communications company as a Founding Product Engineer. You will own customer-focused product features from early discovery through production, helping businesses across Europe automate phone-based customer interactions.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Take features from initial hypothesis and prototype through architecture, implementation, and production release.
- Develop and test product hypotheses through rapid experiments and lightweight prototypes.
- Work regularly with customers, partners, and Sales to identify real user problems.
- Build tracking and use relevant metrics to evaluate outcomes and guide product decisions.
- Develop across the stack and make pragmatic technical choices that balance validation with future scalability.
- Take ownership of initiatives and move them forward with limited oversight.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least three years of product engineering experience delivering software features end to end, ideally in a startup environment.
- Full-stack experience with Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, and React.
- Experience owning software from architecture and implementation through production release.
- German proficiency at B2 level or above and fluent English communication skills.
- A strong product mindset, customer focus, and comfort using data to support decisions.
- Experience integrating large language models or building AI-powered features is an advantage.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Annual compensation is €80,000 to €120,000, with equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
This is a remote-first role based in Germany, with working-hour overlap in CET.