Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript)
- Pay
- $250,000 – $350,000 per year
- Location
- San Francisco, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Listed
- 22 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- TypeScript
- React
- database schema design
Also useful
- Electron
- Bun
- Elysia
We will win for two reasons
- Chatbots are not the best interface for multi-modal AI
- We can make anything viral
About the Role
We work six days a week in-person in San Francisco, 10-12 hours a day.
You are expected to live within a block of the office (housing provided).
The entire codebase is strictly typed (no ts-ignore or anys). We use Bun, Elysia and strictly typed routes.
You might be a good fit if you are
- One of the best engineers in the world
- Strong fullstack engineer (React/Electron/Infra experience)
- You should know how to efficiently fetch and cache data in a React application
- You should know how to design and structure database schemas that optimize read and write performance
- You should be comfortable deploying and scaling applications and be able to weigh pros and cons of different infra/devops solutions
- I will sanity check all of the above in an interview with you
- Down to gamble your life into greatness
Compensation
- Founding engineers get anywhere from $250k-$350k base + 0.25-0.5% equity
- We also offer free food
About Cluely
Cluely is building AI to give you an unfair advantage in every situation.
It acts as a desktop assistant that takes in screen, mic, and audio context to give you information and suggestions that existing model providers cannot, due to a lack of context.
From Cluely's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 17, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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The Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript) posting at Cluely states compensation of $250,000 – $350,000 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Cluely's official career site.
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