Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems

Clera

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

Qualifications

  • 1-6 years of professional software engineering experience in relevant fields.
  • Strong backend coding skills including APIs and distributed systems.
  • Experience operating high volume data pipelines in a startup environment.
  • Solid grasp of computer science fundamentals with a degree from a notable institution or equivalent experience.
  • Familiarity with AI development, especially with LLMs and agent frameworks is advantageous.
  • Proficiency in Python, cloud infrastructure, and data management tools.

Responsibilities

  • Build and deploy customer-facing products and core platform functionalities across various tech layers.
  • Design and manage high-volume data pipelines ensuring reliability and observability.
  • Develop AI agents and tools, scaling them for large operations.
  • Make informed architectural decisions and adapt designs as per evolving requirements.
  • Engage directly with founders and customers to refine project specifications and software requirements.

Benefits

  • On-site work environment in San Francisco, California.
  • Opportunity to work with a fast-growing data infrastructure team.
  • Involvement in a startup atmosphere with direct collaboration with founders.
Full Job Description
About the Role

You will join a fast growing data infrastructure team to build core platform capabilities and customer facing products. This role involves ownership from architecture to production, with a focus on AI driven data systems and scalable backend, data, and frontend work in collaboration with founders and customers.
What You'll Do
  • Build and ship customer facing products and core platform capabilities across backend, data, infrastructure, and front end surfaces.
  • Design and operate high volume data pipelines and services with strong reliability and observability.
  • Develop AI agents, agent harnesses, and developer tools and operate them at large scale.
  • Make architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and iterate as assumptions evolve.
  • Collaborate directly with founders and customers to translate vague requests into concrete software.
What We're Looking For
  • 1-6 years of professional software engineering experience in relevant domains.
  • Strong backend coding skills with APIs, data models, and distributed systems experience.
  • Experience building and operating high volume data pipelines and working in a talent dense early stage startup environment.
  • Strong CS fundamentals and a degree from a top program or equivalent.
  • Experience with AI native development including LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI agents or identity/matching systems is a plus.
  • Proficiency with Python, distributed systems, data pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $200,000 - $280,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship: not offered. The posting does not specify additional equity or benefits.
Location

Primary location: San Francisco, California, United States. This role is on site with no remote option indicated.

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