Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Clera

$200K — $350K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in Golang is essential.
  • 4+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering for scalable distributed systems.
  • Hands-on with gRPC/ConnectRPC, Trino, Kubernetes, DuckDB, and PostgreSQL.
  • Familiarity with data visualization, data engineering, and big data technologies.
  • Record of success in early-stage startups or zero to one product development.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals; Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage end-to-end problem solving.

Responsibilities

  • Build an agentic semantic layer for AI agents to accurately query enterprise data.
  • Design orchestration systems for agents, incorporating API integrations and scheduling.
  • Architect ETL pipelines for data lakehouses to support extensive analytics with minimal resources.
  • Contribute to infrastructure, services, and frontend development as the product grows.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship is available.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join a well-funded AI/ML data analytics startup building an agentic data lakehouse that delivers trustworthy answers from messy enterprise data. As a Senior Software Engineer, Platform, you'll be a core member of the platform team shaping the data foundation that enables AI-driven analytics at scale - no heavy schema migrations or data movement required. This is a high-impact, zero-to-one role at an early-stage company backed by top-tier investors.
What You'll Do
  • Agentic Semantic Layer: Build the system that gives AI agents the context to query enterprise data correctly and the guardrails to prove results - making AI-generated queries something teams can actually stake decisions on.
  • Distributed Agent Orchestration: Design and implement orchestration systems for agents that interact with the world, including API integrations, rate limiting, OAuth passthrough, model routers, scheduling, and token optimization.
  • Agentic Data Engineering: Architect AI-centric ETL pipelines for data lakehouses, enabling large-scale analytics for organizations with minimal data engineering resources.
  • Contribute across infrastructure, services, and frontend as the team and product evolve.
What We're Looking For
  • Required: Proficiency in Golang - this is a dealbreaker requirement.
  • Required: 4+ years of practical experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems.
  • Hands-on experience with gRPC/ConnectRPC, Trino, Kubernetes, DuckDB, and PostgreSQL in a distributed data platform environment.
  • Experience with data visualization tools, data engineering, data modeling, and big data technologies.
  • Proven track record at early-stage startups or building products from zero to one.
  • Strong CS fundamentals; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable experience.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment and owning problems end to end.
Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary range: $200,000 - $350,000 USD annually
  • Visa sponsorship is available
Location

This role is on-site in New York City. Candidates must be willing and able to work from the NYC office. Fully remote arrangements are not available for this position.

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