Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed)

We're Building

We're reimagining how top talent finds their dream jobs with AI. We're already working with leading startups like Mintlify, Luminai, and Windsurf, automating the entire headhunting process end-to-end with AI agents. Thousands of talents engage with Clera every week, helping them land roles at companies they're genuinely excited about.

The Role

You'll be engineer #4 on the founding team, working directly with our CTO and the other founding engineers. You'll ship features to production daily and own entire product areas from concept to deployment. We're building fully agentic systems that automate complex workflows. It's technically challenging, fast-paced, and high-impact.

Your Experience

• Very strong software engineering background: Experience in TypeScript and React
• Strong practical experience working with AI: We work 24/7 in Cursor - ideally you have experience coding with AI. Bonus if you have experience working with LLM APIs
• Startup mindset - high agency, resourceful, and obsessed with creating value

Who You Are

• Take full ownership of projects, from concept to deployment and do whatever it takes to get the job done
• Write code fast and scrap it even faster, but know when to transition to building for scale and quality
• Enjoy talking to customers and iterating based on feedback
• Willing to work hard, to create something new with a lot of impact, changing how millions of talents find their jobs in the future

Tech Stack

• TypeScript
• React
• Cursor
• Supabase
• Prisma
• Typesense
• LLM APIs
• Trigger.dev

SF Hackerhouse Setup

We're living and building together in SF. Zero commute, 10× faster feedback loops, constant collaboration. It's intense, but it's also incredibly productive and fun. You'll be surrounded by A-players who are all-in on building something great.

Why Join Now

• Be engineer #4 – your decisions will shape the entire product
• True ownership, no micromanagement, shipping to production every day
• Experienced founders and a team of A Players
• Meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup
• Join before we scale 10-100×
• We can support with visa processes

Compensation

• Competitive salary
• Significant equity