Clera

Forward Deployed Research Engineer

Singapore
Salary
$100,000 - $170,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · Singapore
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 28 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join a small engineering team at an AI/ML company focused on reinforcement learning environments, evaluations, and training data. You will solve urgent, ambiguous technical challenges for AI labs, data vendors, and internal teams, while turning repeated deployment work into reusable tools.

What You'll Do

  • Diagnose ambiguous technical problems and clarify what needs to be done.
  • Own technical deployment requests from triage through completion.
  • Build tools and one-off pipelines to address urgent customer and partner needs.
  • Coordinate with research and go-to-market teams to unblock deployments.
  • Balance fast delivery with quality, correctness, and security.
  • Document recurring issues and automate manual work into reusable tools or processes.

What We're Looking For

  • Two to four years of experience in applied research engineering, forward-deployed engineering, or a similar hands-on technical role.
  • Research engineering experience alongside experience owning technical deployments.
  • Proficiency in Python, Docker, and Linux, with a technical educational background.
  • Experience with benchmarks and evaluations for reinforcement learning training data or AI agents, including sound judgment about task realism and rubric quality.
  • Strong debugging skills across code, data, and technical environments.
  • Ability to work independently through ambiguity, handle urgent production or deployment issues, and communicate effectively with technical customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
  • Experience at an early-stage startup and a track record of careful, original technical work.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $100,000 to $170,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in Singapore, Singapore.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Docker · Linux

Rare in Clera's other 299 open postings.

Standard for solutions / sales engineering roles

Python

Common in solutions / sales engineering postings at any company.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 210 open in Engineering. 144 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 (103 of 210), TypeScript (95 of 210), Python (82 of 210), React (81 of 210), Machine Learning (42 of 210), PostgreSQL (39 of 210), JavaScript (36 of 210)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted once since 3 October 2026: a posting for this role in Singapore was taken down and the role was posted again.

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