Forward Deployed Engineer

Clera

$150K — $250K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, Bun, Effect-TS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and AWS
  • Proven track record shipping and owning end-to-end production systems
  • Experience designing engineering patterns and best practices at an organizational level
  • Solid background in infrastructure, deployment, and runtime systems
  • Comfort working directly with founders in a fast-paced, early-stage environment
  • Ability to work on-site in San Francisco

Responsibilities

  • Own core systems end-to-end, from conception through production
  • Set the engineering patterns, architecture, and standards for future engineers
  • Ship constantly by deploying to production frequently and iterating fast
  • Shape the entire system, influencing technical and organizational growth
  • Collaborate closely with founders to align goals and vision

Benefits

  • Equity participation as an early team member
  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Opportunity to work at an innovative early-stage company
  • Get hands-on experience shaping new technology
  • Direct access to leadership and high-impact decision-making
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a founding-team engineering opportunity at an early-stage agentic integration platform built for the real economy. Specialized AI agents gather requirements in plain English, generate integration code, test it, deploy it, and keep it running in production - autonomously. As one of the first engineers, you'll own core systems end-to-end alongside the founders and set the engineering foundation that every future hire builds upon.

This is not a chatbot or a thin LLM wrapper. The agents do actual work with actual consequences in production: multi-agent orchestration, a durable execution runtime (think mini-Vercel for integrations), self-healing systems, and a knowledge base that gets smarter with every integration shipped.
What You'll Do
  • Own core systems end-to-end - agent platform, cloud infrastructure, and the integrations runtime, from conception through production.
  • Set the engineering patterns - define the architecture, standards, and best practices that every future engineer inherits.
  • Ship constantly - work directly alongside the founders, deploying to production frequently and iterating fast.
  • Shape the entire system - your decisions in year one will define how the platform scales technically and organizationally.
What We're Looking For

Required:
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, Bun, Effect-TS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and AWS
  • Proven track record shipping and owning end-to-end production systems
  • Experience designing engineering patterns and best practices at an organizational level
  • Solid background in infrastructure, deployment, and runtime systems - including monitoring, reliability, and self-healing capabilities
  • Comfort working directly with founders in a fast-paced, early-stage environment
  • Ability to work on-site in San Francisco

Nice to Have:
  • Background in agent orchestration or multi-agent system design
  • Experience with durable execution frameworks or workflow engines
  • Prior experience as an early or founding engineer at a startup
Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary: $150,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience
  • Equity participation as an early team member
  • Visa sponsorship available
Location
  • On-site in San Francisco, CA, United States
  • This is a full-time, in-person role - remote work is not available

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