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Founding Engineer (SF Hackerhouse)

Clera

Job Description

Job Description

You'll be engineer #4 on the founding team, working directly with our CTO and the other founding engineers. You'll ship features to production daily and own entire product areas from concept to deployment.

We're building fully agentic systems that automate complex workflows. It's technically challenging, fast-paced, and high-impact.

Requirements
  • Proficient in full-stack development with TypeScript/JavaScript and Python
  • Frontend experience with React to build scalable user interfaces
  • Backend experience with Node.js and designing/consuming REST APIs
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and Supabase for data modeling and storage
  • Experience integrating AI/ML features using providers like OpenAI or Claude
  • Ability to work in a founding startup environment, owning end-to-end features and shipping rapidly
  • Willingness to work on-site in San Francisco / Hackerhouse
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Tech Stack

TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Supabase, OpenAI, Claude

Details
  • 2–10 years experience
  • Competitive equity
  • Full-time, on-site (San Francisco)
  • Visa sponsorship available
Vacancy posted 24 days ago
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