Founding Full Stack Engineer

Clera

$135K — $155K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in building production SaaS products with end-to-end ownership.
  • Strong full-stack proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
  • Proven backend design skills for multi-tenant, workflow-heavy applications.
  • Experience with enterprise authentication systems such as SSO/SAML and integrations like RBAC and audit logging.
  • Hands-on experience developing AI-assisted workflows for document management.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead architecture and execution in early-stage startup environments.
  • Strong communication skills for collaboration with non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Own architecture and full implementation for four integrated products.
  • Design data models for complex multi-hospital and multi-unit systems.
  • Build AI workflows for document authoring and retrieval.
  • Implement essential enterprise infrastructure including SSO/SAML and audit logging.
  • Translate customer feedback into actionable product features.
  • Define and maintain CI/CD pipelines and testing strategies.
  • Collaborate with product teams to align engineering solutions with clinical needs.

Benefits

  • Early-stage equity opportunity.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join an early-stage healthtech SaaS startup as a Founding Full Stack Engineer, where you'll own architecture and implementation across multiple integrated products serving complex, multi-hospital enterprise customers. This is a senior, hands-on role where you'll build core infrastructure, data models, and AI-driven workflows - and help set the engineering standards that enable secure, enterprise-grade SaaS at scale.
What You'll Do
  • Own architecture and end-to-end implementation across four integrated products.
  • Design data models that support multi-hospital and multi-unit organizational structures.
  • Build AI workflows for document authoring, evidence organization, and document retrieval.
  • Implement enterprise infrastructure including SSO/SAML, RBAC, audit logging, and HRIS integrations.
  • Translate customer calls and domain knowledge into shipped product features.
  • Define and maintain CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, and architectural standards.
  • Collaborate with product teams and non-technical stakeholders to align engineering with clinical and operational needs.
What We're Looking For
  • 5+ years building production SaaS products with end-to-end ownership.
  • Strong full-stack experience with TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
  • Proven backend design experience for multi-tenant, workflow-heavy applications - this is a dealbreaker requirement.
  • Experience implementing enterprise auth systems (SSO/SAML) and integrations (RBAC, audit logging, HRIS) - dealbreaker requirement.
  • Hands-on experience with AI-assisted workflows for writing, evidence organization, or document retrieval.
  • Demonstrated ability to own architecture and execution in an early-stage startup environment.
  • Strong communicator comfortable working with non-technical domain experts and customers.
  • Experience defining CI/CD, testing strategies, and standards for growing engineering teams.

Nice to have: Familiarity with Next.js, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Vercel, or AWS S3.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary: $135,000 - $155,000 USD annually
  • Early-stage equity opportunity
Location

This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.

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