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Clera

Founding Software Engineer

Munich
Salary
$100,000 - $250,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · Munich
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 15 October 2026.

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What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Embedded Systems · Rust

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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 engineering team building software that connects AI agents with real-world laboratory systems. You will own critical infrastructure for experiment orchestration, agent connectivity, and distributed coordination, helping shape a new category of software across digital and physical systems.

What You'll Do

  • Build systems to schedule and coordinate experiments across distributed labs.
  • Connect AI agents to experiments and instruments through reliable infrastructure.
  • Develop data systems that capture state, actions, measurements, failures, and provenance.
  • Design distributed systems to coordinate software, devices, and experiments reliably at scale.
  • Create developer tools and APIs for new workflows and integrations.
  • Debug and optimize across software, hardware, and physical systems.

What We're Looking For

  • Three or more years of experience building production-grade software systems end to end.
  • Strong proficiency in Python or Rust, with familiarity across Rust or TypeScript systems development.
  • Experience designing distributed systems, APIs, networking, and asynchronous communication patterns.
  • Experience as an engineer in an early-stage startup and comfort taking ownership in ambiguous environments.
  • Background in robotics, hardware integration, lab automation, embedded systems, AI agents, or ML infrastructure is valuable.
  • Ability to debug across hardware, firmware, and software layers is a plus. Biology experience is not required.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $100,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Other openings for this role

3 open postings for this role in Munich, first posted 1 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

8 other open postings titled Founding Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 115,000 to USD 200,000 a year.

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