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JOB AT CLERA

Founding Engineering Lead

  • Company: Clera
  • Location: Remote (US)
  • Posted
  • Pay listed by the employer: $200,000–$400,000 a year
  • Compare pay: Clera salaries

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Application facts

  • Application form: from 19 forms we checked, none asks for a cover letter. What it asks
  • Pay benchmark: Clera postings that list pay show a $178K median (107 postings)

Job description

About the Role

Lead engineering for an early-stage SaaS team building applied AI products for enterprise software. You will own architecture and technical direction while staying hands-on, partnering with company leadership on product and machine learning strategy.

What You'll Do

  • Build and lead a pod of three to four engineers, supporting their growth, performance, and hiring while shipping critical work yourself.
  • Own platform architecture and make build-versus-buy and infrastructure decisions.
  • Set engineering standards for AI-assisted development, including review criteria, definition of done, release cadence, and on-call practices.
  • Lead technical designs and initial implementations for new initiatives.
  • Assess applied machine learning approaches and distinguish research that can support live systems from more speculative ideas.
  • Partner with company leadership on product roadmap, model strategy, and machine learning direction.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 5 years of engineering experience, ideally as a technical founder, founding engineer, staff-level individual contributor, or technical lead.
  • Recent experience as the primary author of shipped software, with end-to-end ownership and minimal oversight.
  • Experience leading engineers and setting technical standards, architecture, and infrastructure practices.
  • Applied machine learning judgment, including classical methods, transformers, world models, and AI agents.
  • Strong practical use of AI coding agents, comfort with ambiguity and inherited code, and a willingness to take on unglamorous work.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $200,000 to $400,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in New York City.

What the Clera application asks

From 19 application forms we checked.

  • Contact details: 19 of 19 forms
  • Resume or CV: 19 of 19 forms

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