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Founding Software Engineer

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

Open. First seen 22 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI and robotics company building software that connects AI agents with real-world laboratory systems. You will own core infrastructure for experiment orchestration, agent connectivity, and coordination across software and physical systems.

What You'll Do

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

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of experience building production-grade software systems end to end.
  • Strong proficiency in Python or Rust, with solid engineering fundamentals.
  • Experience designing distributed systems, APIs, networking, and asynchronous communication patterns.
  • Experience building software at an early-stage startup and taking ownership in an ambiguous environment.
  • Background in robotics, physical AI, hardware integration, lab automation, embedded systems, AI agents, or ML infrastructure is valuable.
  • Ability to integrate and debug across hardware, firmware, and software layers.
  • 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, Germany.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Embedded Systems · Rust

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 406 open in Engineering. 340 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 (170 of 406), Python (170 of 406), TypeScript (159 of 406), React (126 of 406), Machine Learning (98 of 406), PostgreSQL (74 of 406), JavaScript (69 of 406)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Other openings for this role

4 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

9 other open postings titled Founding Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 100,000 to USD 200,000 a year.

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