← All jobs
Clera

Founding Product Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$190,000 - $210,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 9 September 2026.

Apply on the company's site →

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 292 open in Engineering. 226 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

LLM (135 of 292), TypeScript (131 of 292), Python (123 of 292), React (107 of 292), Machine Learning (70 of 292), PostgreSQL (58 of 292), JavaScript (55 of 292)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.

About the role

About the Role

A well-funded, early-stage fintech startup is looking for a Founding Product Engineer to join a small, senior team building a new kind of collaborative financial product. You'll have broad ownership across the stack, working directly with the founding team to ship high-quality, polished features for a consumer-facing application with a 40,000+ person waitlist.

What You'll Do

  • Design, develop, and deliver features, fixes, and improvements across the core product, marketing site, and internal tools.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of major product areas — such as debit card functionality or internal risk assessment tooling — from concept through launch.
  • Work closely with the founder, lead engineer, and designer to architect and implement solutions that delight users.
  • Build and wire up APIs across a full stack of React, TypeScript, Go, and PostgreSQL.
  • Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and contribute to a culture of high-quality engineering.
  • Help scale the product to meet rapidly growing consumer demand.

What We're Looking For

Required:

  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript (React) on the front end and comfort with Go on the back end.
  • Prior experience shipping and maintaining features for B2C / consumer-facing products.
  • Solid experience with PostgreSQL and Redis.
  • Familiarity with AWS, Terraform, and Docker for infrastructure and deployment.
  • Experience building and integrating REST or GraphQL APIs.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment with broad ownership.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience using AI coding assistants and prototyping tools to accelerate development.
  • Background in fintech, payments, or financial services.
  • Familiarity with tools like Slack, Linear, GitHub, and Figma.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $190,000 – $210,000 USD annually
  • Early-stage equity
  • Visa sponsorship is not available

Location

This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates in Los Angeles, CA or New York City, NY may also be considered. Remote-only candidates will not be considered at this time.

Other openings for this role

11 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 9 September 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

23 other open postings titled Founding Product Engineer state a salary: median USD 160,000 to USD 250,000 a year.

Similar jobs

Is this your posting and you want it taken down? Email info@careerholo.com.