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Clera

Founding Engineer

New York
Salary
$156,000 - $182,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
Remote · US only
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 20 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage financial technology team building AI-powered research tools for professional investors, beginning with the healthcare sector. As a founding engineer, you will help develop the infrastructure and systems that turn diverse data sources into reliable, continuously updated industry models.

What You'll Do

  • Build and ship features across frontend applications, backend services, and real-time systems.
  • Create data pipelines and internal tools that help analysts add information sources and maintain industry coverage.
  • Improve agent-based parsing and extraction systems for greater reliability and capability.
  • Own work end to end, including data inspection, quality assurance, instrumentation, production releases, and ongoing fixes.
  • Develop a company ontology and an earnings research product.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 2 years of experience building, shipping, and operating production systems, with approximately 7 years or fewer of professional experience.
  • Hands-on experience building and deploying production agentic AI systems or LLM-based applications, with good judgment about when to use AI and when to use deterministic software.
  • Full-stack capability, including Python backend development with FastAPI or an equivalent framework, TypeScript, React, data pipelines, and SQL.
  • Experience with relational database design and optimization, preferably PostgreSQL, plus AWS infrastructure and deployment.
  • Experience with production observability, distributed systems debugging, and real-time data or streaming updates.
  • Strong ownership and depth in at least one of backend engineering, data infrastructure, applied AI, or product engineering.
  • Capital markets, equity research, investment banking, or broader financial services experience is a plus. Familiarity with modern data tools, edge computing, or AI/ML tooling is also useful.
  • U.S. citizenship is required, along with a full-time commitment and ability to work on-site in New York City.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $156,000 to $182,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. Equity details were not provided.

Location

On-site in New York, New York, five days per week. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

AWS · FastAPI · SQL

Rare in Clera's other 299 open postings.

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

Common in software engineering postings at any company.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 346 open in Engineering. 280 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 (154 of 346), Python (146 of 346), TypeScript (144 of 346), React (117 of 346), Machine Learning (85 of 346), PostgreSQL (61 of 346), JavaScript (59 of 346)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Other openings for this role

13 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

87 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median USD 150,000 to USD 250,000 a year.

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