Founding Engineer
In short. Founding Engineer at Clera: a full-time mid-level role, on-site in San Francisco, CA. Posted salary: $160K – $200K. Main work: Build backend systems to ingest and process documents from customer business systems and inboxes. Skills mentioned: LLMs, AI agents, Google Cloud, React. Posted Oct 30, 2026, checked on the employer's site 8 min ago.
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Summary
Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team building AI tools for industrial ingredient manufacturers. As an early engineering hire, you will work closely with the founding team and shape products that automate document-heavy workflows across the industry.
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About the role
About the Role
Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team building AI tools for industrial ingredient manufacturers. As an early engineering hire, you will work closely with the founding team and shape products that automate document-heavy workflows across the industry.
What You'll Do
Build backend systems to ingest and process documents from customer business systems and inboxes.
Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documentation.
Own product features end to end, from backend services and infrastructure through frontend experiences.
Ship quickly, learn from real user feedback, and adapt the product as customer needs evolve.
What We're Looking For
Experience as a founding engineer, founder/CTO, or one of the first engineers at an early-stage startup.
Demonstrated 0-to-1 product ownership, including launching production products or major features used by real customers.
Strong full-stack engineering range, including backend services, frontend product development, and relational database design.
Experience with AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval, search, or automation, ideally in production.
Relevant technologies include Kotlin and Spring Boot, React and Next.js, Postgres, and GCP. Experience with other languages or cloud platforms is welcome, and Kotlin is not required.
Document processing, unstructured data, manufacturing, supply chain, or other industrial-domain experience is useful.
No specific degree or years of experience are required. Evidence of shipped work, ownership, and strong engineering judgment is important.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California.
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