Product Engineer (Mid-Level)

Clera

$150K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2 to 8 years of experience in software engineering focusing on user-facing products.
  • Strong full-stack development skills, particularly in TypeScript, React or Next.js, and Python or Node.js.
  • Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL, and familiarity with AWS or GCP.
  • Practical experience integrating AI or LLM functionalities into applications.
  • Ability to translate user needs into measurable, actionable solutions.
  • Comfortable working in small teams with flexibility and minimal structure.
  • Experience in building enterprise-grade systems or APIs, particularly for regulated industries is advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire lifecycle of product features from design to deployment.
  • Design APIs and data models while implementing frontend and backend code.
  • Develop user-facing experiences that prioritize usability and performance, iterating based on user feedback.
  • Integrate AI capabilities into product workflows to enhance user experience.
  • Design and maintain scalable backend services and tools, including CI/CD and monitoring.
  • Collaborate with founders and product/design teams to prioritize tasks and define success metrics.
  • Engage in architectural discussions to address growth challenges and make informed tradeoffs.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with founders and a small team.
  • Opportunity to shape technical direction at a critical growth stage.
  • Engagement in practical AI integration within a startup context.
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a full-stack product engineering role at an early-stage AI recruiting startup, working directly alongside founders and a small team to build the core product. You will own features end-to-end, integrate AI capabilities into real user-facing flows, and help shape technical direction at a critical point in the company's growth.
What You'll Do
  • Own product features from scoping and design through deployment and iteration in production.
  • Design APIs and data models, and implement both frontend and backend code.
  • Ship user-facing experiences that balance usability and performance, iterating based on feedback and metrics.
  • Integrate LLM and AI capabilities into product flows to make intelligence reliable for end users.
  • Design and maintain scalable backend services, data schemas, and operational tooling including CI/CD, monitoring, and testing.
  • Collaborate directly with founders, product, and design to prioritize work and define success metrics.
  • Participate in architecture and roadmap discussions, making pragmatic tradeoffs suited to early-stage growth.
What We're Looking For
  • 2 to 8 years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping user-facing products.
  • Strong full-stack skills: TypeScript and React or Next.js on the frontend, plus backend development in Python or Node.js.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
  • Practical, production-focused experience integrating LLMs or AI services into applications (engineering, not research).
  • Clear product sense and the ability to translate user problems into measurable, practical solutions.
  • Comfort operating in small teams with limited process, high ambiguity, and broad scope across frontend, backend, and DevOps.
  • Experience building multi-tenant or enterprise-ready systems, designing APIs, or working with real-time or high-throughput applications is a strong plus.
  • Background in regulated industries such as healthcare, fintech, or legal, or experience with complex internal tooling, is a plus.
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $150,000 to $300,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Location

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

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