Software Engineer - Full Stack

Clera

$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years' experience in full stack engineering roles.
  • Proven experience owning technical projects end to end in production environments.
  • Hands-on knowledge of building reliable backend systems and REST/gRPC APIs.
  • Strong practical AWS experience in deploying and troubleshooting cloud services.
  • Proficient in Python frameworks like Django or FastAPI.
  • Background in data management with expertise in PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

  • Own technical projects from scoping to production maintenance.
  • Build and design reliable backend systems and APIs.
  • Deploy and troubleshoot cloud services on AWS.
  • Monitor and improve production service observability.
  • Design data infrastructure and optimize queries.
  • Collaborate with go-to-market teams to translate needs into solutions.

Benefits

  • Early-stage equity opportunity.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer to work across our advertiser platform, attribution, and analytics systems. You'll own technical projects end to end - from scoping and design through implementation, deployment, and production maintenance. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and go-to-market, so the right person is excited to translate customer and business needs into robust product and technical solutions.

What You'll Do
  • Own technical projects end to end: scoping, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing production maintenance.
  • Build reliable backend systems and design/consume production APIs (REST, gRPC) with attention to scalability and fault tolerance.
  • Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot cloud services on AWS in production.
  • Monitor production services, drive observability improvements, lead incident response, and troubleshoot performance issues.
  • Work with data infrastructure - schema design, query optimization, and analytics/attribution pipelines.
  • Collaborate closely with GTM stakeholders to turn customer needs into product and technical solutions.
What We're Looking For

Required
  • Proven experience owning technical projects end to end in production environments.
  • Hands-on experience building reliable backend systems and designing/consuming production APIs (REST, gRPC).
  • Strong practical AWS experience - deploying, operating, and troubleshooting cloud services in production.
  • Experience operating production services: monitoring, observability, incident response, and performance troubleshooting.
  • Proficiency in Python (Django and/or FastAPI), REST API design, and async patterns.
  • Data expertise: PostgreSQL, query optimization, schema design.
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship (now or in the future).

Nice to Have
  • Experience with analytics, attribution, adtech, or event-driven/data pipelines and instrumentation for measurement and reporting.
  • Experience with ClickHouse or other columnar OLAP databases at scale.
  • Familiarity with containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
  • Background in real-time data systems, event streaming (Kafka, Redis Streams), or high-throughput API design.
  • Experience at an early-stage startup building product from zero to one, or at a major tech company shipping production code.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 per year
  • Early-stage equity opportunity
Location

This is a full-time, on-site role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates must be willing and able to work from the San Francisco office. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Clera

  • Model Engineer
    $200K — $300K *
    San Francisco, CA 94112 (San Francisco County)
    Information Technology
    In-Person
  • Performance Marketing Lead
    $130K — $170K *
    New York, NY 10025 (New York County)
    Consumer Technology
    In-Person
  • Founding Engineer
    $150K — $175K *
    New York, NY 10025 (New York County)
    Finance & Insurance
    In-Person
  • Senior Mechanical Engineer
    $130K — $250K *
    Austin, TX 78745 (Travis County)
    Manufacturing & Automotive
    In-Person
  • Software Engineer - Full Stack
    $120K — $150K *
    San Francisco, CA 94112 (San Francisco County)
    Information Technology
    In-Person

More Information Technology Jobs

Find similar Software Engineer - Full Stack jobs: