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 4 November 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. As a founding engineer, you will take ownership of recommendation, ranking, retrieval, and LLM-powered matching from early design through production.

What You'll Do

  • Own the AI/ML systems for recommendations, ranking, and retrieval.
  • Build and improve LLM-powered candidate-to-role matching.
  • Turn product goals into working features and ship them at a rapid cadence.
  • Architect and maintain the production data pipelines and services that support models.
  • Work directly with company leadership to deliver product systems end to end.

What We're Looking For

  • Two to five years of software engineering experience building and shipping production product features.
  • Applied ML engineering experience at a product company or startup, including production recommendation, ranking, or matching systems.
  • Experience shipping LLM-powered features using LLM APIs, as well as hands-on work with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent ML frameworks.
  • Strong production engineering skills in TypeScript or Python, with experience maintaining data pipelines and services.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and comfort with fast-paced, iterative startup work.
  • React experience is useful, as are Supabase, Prisma, Typesense or similar search infrastructure, embeddings, vector search, and workflow automation tools.
  • Evidence of strong technical achievement through education, open-source work, or personal projects.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. The role requires working in person six days per week. Relocation assistance is available.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

TensorFlow · Vector Databases

Rare in Clera's other 182 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 181 open in Engineering. 115 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 (87 of 181), TypeScript (86 of 181), React (74 of 181), Python (70 of 181), Machine Learning (43 of 181), Supabase (37 of 181), PostgreSQL (35 of 181)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted once since 27 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

  • 4 November 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 27 October 2026 – closed 3 November 2026

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