Founding Engineer
clera · Berlin · onsite
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage freight technology team building AI-powered products for sea and air freight operations. This hands-on role combines customer engagement with full-stack engineering, helping shape product and technical direction while taking solutions from demos to production-ready systems.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead customer conversations and turn operational insights into product features and technical strategy.
- Design and build full-stack applications using the team's web and backend technologies.
- Advance AI capabilities through practical LLM patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning.
- Move prototypes and demos toward scalable, reliable, high-quality production products.
- Make thoughtful architecture decisions suited to an early-stage environment.
- Help shape the product, technology, and company direction.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 2 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications.
- Full-stack experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and React, plus backend development with Python.
- Hands-on experience with LLM design patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning; experience with vector databases or semantic search is relevant.
- Broad product engineering experience across the application stack, including designing, building, and deploying products from MVP through production.
- Ability to lead customer conversations and translate feedback into product requirements.
- Experience in a startup or early-stage environment and sound judgment about balancing speed, quality, and architecture.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Visa sponsorship is available.
LOCATION
Hybrid, based in Berlin, Germany. Candidates must be willing to work from Berlin or relocate there.