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Clera

Founding Product Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$140,000 - $180,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 20 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage legal technology team building AI-powered software for legal workflows. As a founding product engineer, you will work closely with attorneys and AI engineers to create core product capabilities and help establish the team's engineering practices.

What You'll Do

  • Build and own full-stack features, from data models and backend systems to interfaces used by attorneys and clients.
  • Turn legal workflows and review playbooks into reliable, production-grade software in collaboration with attorneys and AI engineers.
  • Make pragmatic architecture and tooling decisions that support rapid development and future growth.
  • Write maintainable code, prioritize reliability, and take features through production deployment.
  • Help shape engineering culture, standards, and hiring as the team grows.

What We're Looking For

  • One to three years of experience building and shipping production software, ideally at an early-stage company or as a founder.
  • Full-stack development skills, including TypeScript and React, a modern backend stack, and relational databases.
  • Hands-on experience building with AI or large language models, professionally or through personal projects.
  • Experience owning features end to end, building data models for complex workflows, and making sound engineering trade-offs under time constraints.
  • Strong product judgment, communication skills, and comfort working with ambiguity in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment.
  • Legal technology, contract management, document processing, or experience collaborating with attorneys or other domain experts is beneficial.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $140,000 to $180,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. This role requires working in person six days per week. Candidates must already be based in San Francisco or be willing to relocate without employer-funded relocation.

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 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

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

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