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Founding Engineer

New York
Salary
$180,000 - $250,000
Level
Mid
Work type
Remote · US only
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 13 October 2026.

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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

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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

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI-powered sales automation startup as a Founding Engineer. You will own a core product or engineering domain, work directly with customers, and help shape multi-channel AI agents across voice, SMS, and email.

What You'll Do

  • Own a domain end to end, from system architecture through daily production releases.
  • Join customer calls, gather feedback, and make product decisions independently.
  • Build and optimize multi-channel AI agents, 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 interfaces, Node.js backends, and Python services.

What We're Looking For

  • Three to eight years of full-stack engineering experience, including experience shipping early-stage products at startups, as a founder, or on new product teams.
  • Strong production skills in TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Next.js, plus experience building with LLM APIs or agent SDKs.
  • Depth in at least one area: agent state and memory, evaluations and guardrails, B2B2C or marketplace architecture, or production voice and SMS agents.
  • Experience making product decisions, conducting customer discovery, and synthesizing feedback without a dedicated product manager.
  • Python experience with real-time voice pipelines or evaluation tools is valuable. Strong computer science fundamentals and experience with low-latency systems are also relevant.
  • Comfort with ambiguity, rapid iteration, and occasional intense periods around launches or major customer milestones.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual salary: $180,000 to $250,000. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site, five days per week in New York, New York, United States.

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.

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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