Founding Product Engineer

Clera

$120K — $180K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Full-stack development experience with React and Python; open to all experience levels, including recent grads.
  • Proven ownership of product features from idea to delivery.
  • Strong sense of product design focused on user experience.
  • Experience or aptitude in building products from the ground up.
  • Excellent communication skills and a growth mindset for iterative development.
  • Genuine interest in making housing and infrastructure more affordable.
  • Bonus: experience as a founder or early-stage startup employee.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end feature development from customer interviews to production delivery.
  • Design intuitive UIs for complex blueprint and hardware data.
  • Contribute code across the stack, focusing on React frontend and Python backend.
  • Architect and develop new product features from concept to launch.
  • Translate customer insights into actionable product specifications.
  • Assist in shaping overall product direction with the team.
  • Manage logistical tasks to keep the startup progressing.

Benefits

  • Equity participation expected at this stage.
  • On-site, full-time role in San Francisco, CA.
  • Collaborative and impact-driven team environment.
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a founding-team product engineering role at a seed-stage construction AI startup, sitting on a small, impact-driven product team. You will shape and ship core features end-to-end, working directly with customers to bring AI-powered blueprint analysis and cost estimation tools to the people who build housing and infrastructure. The work is meaningful: faster, cheaper construction means more homes, hospitals, and schools.
What You'll Do
  • Own features fully, from weekly customer interviews through to production delivery the following week.
  • Build UIs that make complex blueprint and hardware data feel intuitive for users coming from paper-based workflows.
  • Contribute across the stack, working on a React frontend and a Python backend and infrastructure.
  • Architect and build new product capabilities from zero, taking ideas from concept to production.
  • Translate messy domain knowledge gathered from customers into clear, well-scoped product decisions.
  • Shape product direction alongside the team, not just implementation details.
  • Handle the operational and logistical work that keeps an early-stage startup moving.
What We're Looking For
  • Demonstrated ability to ship full-stack features using React on the frontend and Python on the backend; all experience levels considered, including recent graduates.
  • A track record of owning features end-to-end, from customer discovery through production delivery.
  • Strong product taste and user-focused design sensibility.
  • Experience or clear aptitude for 0-to-1 architecture and product building.
  • Excellent communication skills, a growth mindset, and comfort with rapid iteration.
  • Genuine motivation to make housing and infrastructure more affordable, not just to maximise compensation.
  • Bonus: previously built a product that people used or paid for (as a founder or early startup employee).
  • Bonus: construction, blueprint, or estimation domain experience or a clear interest in the industry.
  • Bonus: experience applying AI or computer vision to construction workflows.
  • US work authorization required; visa sponsorship is not available.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $120,000 to $180,000 USD annually. Equity participation is expected at this stage. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location

On-site, full-time in San Francisco, CA, USA. Candidates must be willing to relocate if not already local.

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