Founding Engineer
- Pay
- $180,000 – $250,000 per year
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Listed
- 3 days ago
About the Role
Join the founding engineering team at an early-stage B2B SaaS company building AI tools for industrial ingredient manufacturers. This hands-on role spans product engineering, backend systems, frontend experiences, infrastructure, and AI agents that help customers process complex operational documents.
What You'll Do
- Build backend systems that ingest and process documents from customer business systems and inboxes.
- Develop production AI agents that complete complex, multi-page compliance and food safety documents.
- Own products end to end, from customer discovery and problem definition through architecture, launch, and iteration.
- Ship quickly, gather feedback from real users, and improve products based on how they work in practice.
What We're Looking for
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of hands-on production coding.
- Previous experience as a founder, co-founder, CTO, VP of Engineering, or engineering leader at an early-stage startup, and interest in returning to an individual contributor role.
- End-to-end ownership of products or major features used by real customers, including experience taking products from 0 to 1.
- Strong full-stack skills, including the ability to take a feature from backend service through to the user interface.
- Experience building backend services that process real-world data and designing relational databases such as Postgres.
- Production experience with AI, LLMs, agents, search, RAG, or automation; document processing and unstructured data extraction are relevant.
- Familiarity with Kotlin and Spring Boot or another JVM backend, React and Next.js, cloud platforms such as GCP, and production model integrations is helpful. Experience with other stacks is welcome.
- Interest in fast-moving product development and solving problems in manufacturing, supply chain, or other established industries.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $180,000 to $250,000 annually, plus 0.5% to 1.5% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
This is a fully on-site role in San Francisco, California.
From Clera's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 6, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
How Rolev.ai helps with this application
Rolev.ai is a job search and application tool for US job seekers. For this Founding Engineer role at Clera, it shows how your resume fits, tailors your resume to the posting, and prepares the application for you to review.
See how you fit
Openings from employer career sites are ranked against your whole resume—and searchable inside Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor via Rolev.ai MCP.
Tailor without inventing
Every change to your resume is checked against your original. New experience goes in only with your yes—zero fabricated claims.
Draft the full kit
Tailored and Full Match resumes, role-specific cover letters, and answers to employer screening questions are prepared in seconds.
1-Click Extension Autofill
The Chrome extension fills the employer's Greenhouse, Workday, Lever, or Ashby form in 1 click. You review it and press Submit.
Similar roles
- Founding Engineer - FullstackJampack Ai · New York City, NY
- Founding Engineer (Python / FastAPI / Next.js) - (US Based)Sierra Studio · Remote (US)
- Founding EngineerPear VC · San Francisco Bay Area
- Founding EngineerHedge Specialty · San Francisco, CA
- Founding EngineerInterface · San Francisco, CA
- Founding Engineer, PlatformFreckle · San Francisco, CA
More at Clera
All Clera jobsCommon questions
What is the salary for the Founding Engineer role at Clera?
The Founding Engineer posting at Clera states compensation of $180,000 – $250,000 per year. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Clera's official career site.
Where is the Founding Engineer job at Clera located?
This Founding Engineer position at Clera is located in San Francisco, CA. Always check Clera's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
How do I apply for the Founding Engineer position at Clera?
This listing links directly to Clera's Ashby application page. You can apply directly on Clera's site, or use Rolev.ai to check your resume fit, generate a zero-hallucination tailored resume and cover letter for this posting, and autofill the Ashby application form in 1 click with the Rolev.ai Chrome extension. You always review the form and press Submit yourself.