Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems

Clera

$200K — $220K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1 to 6 years of software engineering experience
  • Strong backend engineering skills, particularly with APIs and distributed systems
  • Proven ability to own production systems from concept to deployment
  • Experience in an early-stage startup environment
  • Skill in building and operating high-volume data pipelines
  • Solid computer science fundamentals from a rigorous academic background
  • Familiarity with AI-native development tools like LLMs is a plus
  • Experience with identity resolution and data enrichment systems is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship customer-facing products across various technology stacks
  • Design and manage high-volume data pipelines with a focus on reliability and security
  • Develop and reliably operate AI agents and related developer tools at scale
  • Make strategic architecture decisions and iterate on designs as needed
  • Collaborate with founders and customers to refine product requirements into actionable software
  • Utilize modern AI development tools while exercising strong engineering judgment

Benefits

  • Equity participation as part of the compensation package
  • Opportunity to work directly with founding team and customers
  • Challenging role in a seed-stage startup environment
  • Full-time, on-site work in a vibrant San Francisco location
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a high-ownership engineering role on a small, fast-moving team building core platform capabilities and customer-facing products at a seed-stage people data and AI company. You will work directly with founders and customers to take ambiguous problems from concept through deployment, owning systems end-to-end in production at massive scale.
What You'll Do
  • Build and ship customer-facing products across backend, data, infrastructure, and frontend surfaces.
  • Design and operate high-volume data pipelines and services with strong reliability, security, and observability.
  • Build AI agents, agent harnesses, and developer tools, then operate them reliably at very large scale.
  • Make architecture decisions, explain tradeoffs, and iterate designs as assumptions evolve.
  • Collaborate directly with founders and customers to turn vague requirements into clear product decisions and working software.
  • Use modern AI development tools aggressively while maintaining strong engineering judgment and accountability.
What We're Looking For
  • 1 to 6 years of relevant professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong backend engineering skills: APIs, data models, and distributed systems.
  • Proven ownership of a production system from concept through deployment and ongoing operations.
  • Experience shipping across product and infrastructure at an early-stage startup.
  • Experience building and operating high-volume data pipelines.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals, ideally from a rigorous academic background.
  • Familiarity with AI-native development: LLMs, agent frameworks, or similar tooling is a plus.
  • Experience with identity resolution, data enrichment, or matching systems at scale is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range: $200,000 to $220,000 USD annually (maximum base approximately $220,000). Equity participation is available as part of the total package. 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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