Clera

Founding Engineer, AI/ML

San Francisco
Salary
$130,000 - $170,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 27 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Build the intelligence layer for an AI-powered recruiting marketplace, including the systems that match candidates with relevant roles. You will own this core product area and work closely with the founding team to turn product goals into production systems.

What You'll Do

  • Own recommendation, ranking, and retrieval systems from design through production.
  • Build LLM-powered matching features that improve candidate-role alignment.
  • Take product features from problem definition to production, shipping at a rapid cadence.
  • Architect and maintain the data pipelines and services that support production models.
  • Work directly with company leadership to translate product goals into shipped systems.

What We're Looking For

  • Two to five years of software engineering experience building and shipping end-to-end product features.
  • Substantive experience shipping applied AI/ML products, including production recommendation, ranking, or matching systems.
  • Experience building LLM-powered features with production LLM APIs, and hands-on work with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent ML frameworks.
  • Strong production engineering skills in TypeScript or Python, plus experience with data pipelines and services.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and experience working in fast-paced startup environments.
  • More than six months of substantive U.S.-based work experience.
  • React, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense or similar search infrastructure, embeddings, vector search, and workflow automation tools are helpful.
  • Demonstrated technical achievement through education, open-source contributions, or personal projects is valued.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $130,000 to $170,000 annually, plus founding-hire equity. Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. Relocation is supported. The role follows an in-person, six-day-per-week work schedule.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Supabase · TensorFlow · Vector Databases

Rare in Clera's other 299 open postings.

Standard for data science / ML roles

LLM · Machine Learning · PyTorch · Python

Common in data science / ML postings at any company.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 428 open in Engineering. 362 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

Python (185 of 428), LLM (176 of 428), TypeScript (165 of 428), React (137 of 428), Machine Learning (110 of 428), PostgreSQL (80 of 428), JavaScript (73 of 428)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

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