Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed)

Clera

• $125K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong software engineering experience with TypeScript and React.
  • Hands-on experience with AI technologies and coding, particularly with LLM APIs.
  • Startup mindset with a high degree of agency and resourcefulness.
  • Strong ability to take ownership of projects from inception through deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with founding engineers to design and ship product features.
  • Take full ownership of entire product areas, driving them from concept to deployment.
  • Utilize AI to automate complex workflows in a fast-paced environment.
  • Engage with customers to gather feedback and iterate on product improvements.
  • Write efficient code quickly, transitioning to scalable solutions when necessary.

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity in a rapidly growing startup.
  • Opportunity to significantly influence product direction as part of a small team.
  • Collaborative and intense working environment in San Francisco hackerhouse.
  • Support for visa processes for eligible candidates.
Full Job Description
We're building the future of recruiting with AI - and we need an exceptional engineer to join our founding team in our San Francisco hackerhouse.

We just raised a $3M pre-seed from top-tier investors and are looking for someone to be one of our first engineering hires. This is the real deal: meaningful equity, direct impact on product direction, and the chance to build something massive in a $600B industry ripe for disruption.

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 an 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.
  • Are 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

The SF Hackerhouse Setup:

We're living and building together in SF. Zero commute, 10x 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 10-100x
  • We can support with visa processes

Compensation: Competitive salary + significant equity

If you're the kind of engineer who wants to build fast, own outcomes, and create something that matters - let's talk.

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