Founding Engineer - Infrastructure

Clera

$175K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in engineering at high-growth startups.
  • Experience with observability pipelines for production systems.
  • Hands-on skills with Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS.
  • Proficiency in TypeScript and PostgreSQL.
  • Experience in building platform or runtime infrastructure.
  • Interest in self-hostable/single-tenant deployments.
  • Ability to operate as a technical leader.

Responsibilities

  • Own and build a mini cloud platform for integration runtime.
  • Design and operate the agent infrastructure for coding agents.
  • Implement observability pipelines across integrations and agents.
  • Ship a single-tenant, self-hostable product deployment.
  • Establish engineering patterns for future hires.
  • Collaborate closely with the founding team on production shipping.
  • Assist in recruiting and lead the infrastructure team within a year.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available.
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is the first infrastructure hire at an early-stage agentic integration platform, working directly with the CTO on a leadership track. You'll own the entire infra and platform layer - from durable execution runtime to agent infrastructure to observability - and set the patterns every future infrastructure engineer builds on. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role with a clear path into leading the team.
What You'll Do
  • Own and build a mini cloud platform for integration runtime: durable execution, sandboxed isolation, and self-healing infrastructure.
  • Design and operate the agent infrastructure that enables coding agents to write, test, and deploy integration code at production scale.
  • Implement full observability pipelines (logs, metrics, tracing) across every integration and agent.
  • Ship a single-tenant, self-hostable deployment of the product with end-to-end observability included.
  • Establish engineering patterns and standards that future infrastructure hires will build on.
  • Work as a peer to the founding team, shipping to production constantly.
  • Help recruit and, within a year, grow into leading the infrastructure team.
What We're Looking For
  • 3+ years of engineering experience at a high-growth startup, comfortable in fast, ambiguous, under-resourced environments.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing observability pipelines (logs, metrics, tracing) for production systems.
  • Hands-on proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS.
  • Strong experience with TypeScript and PostgreSQL.
  • Background building platform or runtime infrastructure (think: execution sandboxing, durable workflows, or developer platforms).
  • Experience with or strong interest in self-hostable / single-tenant deployment models.
  • Comfortable operating as a technical leader: setting direction, defining standards, and eventually growing a team.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $175,000 - $300,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA, United States.

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