Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$160,000 - $200,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 30 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team building AI tools for industrial ingredient manufacturers. As an early engineering hire, you will work closely with the founding team and shape products that automate document-heavy workflows across the industry.

What You'll Do

  • Build backend systems to ingest and process documents from customer business systems and inboxes.
  • Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documentation.
  • Own product features end to end, from backend services and infrastructure through frontend experiences.
  • Ship quickly, learn from real user feedback, and adapt the product as customer needs evolve.

What We're Looking For

  • Experience as a founding engineer, founder/CTO, or one of the first engineers at an early-stage startup.
  • Demonstrated 0-to-1 product ownership, including launching production products or major features used by real customers.
  • Strong full-stack engineering range, including backend services, frontend product development, and relational database design.
  • Experience with AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval, search, or automation, ideally in production.
  • Relevant technologies include Kotlin and Spring Boot, React and Next.js, Postgres, and GCP. Experience with other languages or cloud platforms is welcome, and Kotlin is not required.
  • Document processing, unstructured data, manufacturing, supply chain, or other industrial-domain experience is useful.
  • No specific degree or years of experience are required. Evidence of shipped work, ownership, and strong engineering judgment is important.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

GCP · Kotlin · Next.js · Spring

Rare in Clera's other 208 open postings.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 207 open in Engineering. 141 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 (102 of 207), TypeScript (90 of 207), Python (83 of 207), React (77 of 207), Machine Learning (45 of 207), Supabase (37 of 207), JavaScript (35 of 207)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted 2 times since 9 September 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

Salary context

49 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median USD 156,000 to USD 250,000 a year.

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