Founding AI Systems Engineer: Autonomous Agents

CLERA

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 300,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. seeks engineers to build autonomous agents capable of pursuing long-term goals with minimal human input. You will own core agent systems, including execution, memory, and the evaluations that compare performance to human baselines.

The role emphasizes building memory, long-running execution, and robust evaluation frameworks to ensure agent reliability and scalable outcomes in real tasks.

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience building production agents with clear failure mode understanding.

Responsibilities

  • Build agents that can pursue a goal over multiple weeks with minimal human intervention.

Skills

Production agents
Failure modes
Experience 1-2 yrs
Agent memory
Long-running execution
Multi-step reasoning
Goal-oriented systems
Evaluations vs baselines
Engineering work
Strong fundamentals
Agent architecture
Competitive math
Collaborative mindset

Education

Degree from a top institution or equivalent

Job description

Clera Labs, Inc. seeks engineers to build autonomous agents capable of pursuing long-term goals with minimal human input. You will own core agent systems, including execution, memory, and the evaluations that compare performance to human baselines.

The role emphasizes building memory, long-running execution, and robust evaluation frameworks to ensure agent reliability and scalable outcomes in real tasks.

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