Member of Technical Staff

Clera

$200K — $400K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Deep passion for solving complex, technically unsolved problems.
  • Proven track record in building scalable, maintainable systems faster than peers.
  • Expertise in programming languages such as TypeScript, Rust, or Python.
  • Experience with advanced data structures like graph databases or ontological models.
  • Ability to integrate psychological insights into UX and product design.
  • Exceptional intelligence or unique real-world experience, with a non-traditional background seen as an asset.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build customized database and memory systems from the ground up.
  • Implement real-time token state management for large-scale LLMs.
  • Create tailored Unix OS distributions for AI agents and human users.
  • Innovate UX paradigms informed by human psychology and organizational behavior studies.
  • Optimize performance across the full technology stack through micro-optimizations.
  • Work collaboratively in an onsite setting five days a week.

Benefits

  • Cash compensation ranging from $200,000 to $400,000 annually.
  • Variable equity opportunities in addition to cash compensation.
  • Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join a well-funded AI and robotics startup tackling some of the hardest open problems in the field. This is a senior individual contributor role for engineers who are obsessed with novel, technically difficult challenges - the kind that don't have existing solutions. You'll work across systems-level infrastructure, real-time AI state management, custom OS development, and UX grounded in human psychology and organisational behaviour.
What You'll Do
  • Design and build custom database and memory systems from scratch.
  • Implement real-time LLM token state management at large scale.
  • Develop custom Unix OS distributions tailored for both humans and AI agents.
  • Rethink UX paradigms using insights from organisational behaviour and human psychology.
  • Pursue compounding micro-optimisations across the full stack.
  • Work onsite 5 days a week in San Francisco.
What We're Looking For
  • Required: Deep obsession with novel, overlooked, or technically unsolved problems.
  • Required: Demonstrated ability to build large, complex, and maintainable systems in roughly one-third the time most engineers consider possible.
  • Required: Proficiency in one or more of: TypeScript, Rust, Python.
  • Required: Experience with graph databases, flexible data pipelines, or ontological modelling.
  • Comfort applying psychology and organisational behaviour insights to product and UX decisions.
  • Signal of outlier intelligence - top academic background or standout real-world experience (non-traditional backgrounds welcome).
Compensation & Benefits
  • Cash compensation: $200,000 - $400,000 USD annually
  • Variable equity on top of cash
  • Visa sponsorship available
Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA (South Park neighbourhood). This is a fully in-person role - remote work is not available.

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