Founding Engineer
- Salary
- $180,000 - $250,000 annually
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Remote · US only
- Visa
- Not offered
Open. First seen 6 October 2026.
About the role
About the Role
Join an early-stage AI sales automation team building multimodal agents that communicate across voice, SMS, and email. You will own a core product or infrastructure domain end to end, work directly with customers, and help shape product decisions as the team grows.
What You'll Do
- Own a domain from architecture through daily production releases.
- Talk with customers, synthesize feedback, and make product decisions without relying on a dedicated product manager.
- Build and optimize agents across voice, SMS, and email, including low-latency voice experiences and persistent conversation state.
- Set quality practices for non-deterministic systems, including evaluations, prompt versioning, guardrails, and drift detection.
- Work across React and Next.js frontends, Node.js backends, and Python services.
What We're Looking For
- Three to eight years of full-stack engineering experience, with a track record of shipping zero-to-one products at startups, large technology companies, or as a founder.
- Strong production experience with TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Next.js, plus experience with Python services.
- Hands-on experience building production systems with LLM APIs or agent SDKs.
- Depth in at least one area such as voice or SMS agents, agent state and memory, evaluations and guardrails, or B2B2C and marketplace products.
- Experience with low-latency systems, customer discovery, and making product decisions independently.
- Strong computer science fundamentals; founder experience with demonstrated traction is also valued.
- Availability for occasional intense work periods during launches or major customer milestones.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation is $180,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in New York, New York, United States.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Next.js · Node.js
Rare in Clera's other 299 open postings.
Standard for software engineering roles
Python
Common in software engineering postings at any company.
Read against Clera's other open postings on this site.
Other openings for this role
11 open postings for this role in New York, first posted 27 September 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 15 October 2026 – open
- 13 October 2026 – open
- 13 October 2026 – open
- 8 October 2026 – open
- 6 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 6 October 2026 – open
- 4 October 2026 – open
- 2 October 2026 – open
- 29 September 2026 – open
- 29 September 2026 – open
Salary context
83 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median USD 150,000 to USD 250,000 a year.
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