Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems

Clera

$200K — $280K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-6 years of software engineering experience, ideally at early-stage startups
  • Demonstrated ownership of production systems from concept to deployment
  • Strong backend engineering skills: APIs, data modeling, distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience with high-volume data pipelines
  • Strong computer science fundamentals, preferably from a rigorous academic background
  • Experience in AI-native development, including LLMs and agent frameworks
  • Familiarity with identity resolution and data enrichment is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship customer-facing products and platform capabilities across backend, data, and frontend surfaces
  • Design and operate high-volume data pipelines and services with a focus on reliability, security, and observability
  • Develop and manage AI agents and related tooling, ensuring reliable operation in production
  • Make architectural decisions and clearly articulate trade-offs while iterating on designs
  • Collaborate with founders and customers to refine vague requests into actionable product decisions

Benefits

  • Full-time, on-site position in San Francisco, California
  • Opportunity to work in a small, high-ownership engineering team
  • Engage directly with company founders and clients to shape product offerings
  • Work on cutting-edge technology focused on AI and data infrastructure
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join a small, high-ownership engineering team at a seed-stage people data and AI infrastructure company building one of the world's largest real-time identity graphs. You'll work across backend, data, and infrastructure surfaces to ship customer-facing products and core platform capabilities - taking ambiguous problems all the way from concept to production.
What You'll Do
  • Build and ship customer-facing products and platform capabilities spanning backend services, data infrastructure, and frontend surfaces.
  • Design and operate high-volume data pipelines and services at massive scale with a strong focus on reliability, security, and observability.
  • Build AI agents, agent harnesses, and developer tooling - then own and operate them reliably in production at scale.
  • Make architecture decisions, articulate tradeoffs clearly, and iterate designs as requirements evolve.
  • Work directly with founders and customers to translate vague requests into clear product decisions and working software.
What We're Looking For
  • 1-6 years of software engineering experience, ideally at an early-stage startup (seed through Series A/B) shipping across both product and infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a production system - from initial concept through deployment and ongoing operations.
  • Strong backend engineering fundamentals: APIs, data modeling, and distributed systems.
  • Hands-on experience building and operating high-volume data pipelines.
  • Strong CS fundamentals, preferably from a rigorous academic background.
  • Experience with AI-native development: LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI agent systems.
  • Familiarity with identity resolution, data enrichment, or entity-matching systems is a plus.
  • Comfortable using modern AI development tools aggressively while maintaining sound engineering judgment.
  • Available to start by mid-September 2026.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $200,000 - $280,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Location

This is a full-time, on-site role based in San Francisco, California.

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