Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Clera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Clera is seeking an engineer to join as one of the first specialized engineers building core systems powering an agent-driven integration platform. You will own critical components across the agent platform, infrastructure, and runtime integrations with the founding team.

The role emphasizes hands-on ownership, end-to-end delivery, collaboration with founders, and shaping system architecture as the product evolves. On-site in San Francisco, California.

Qualifications

• 2 to 9 years of professional software engineering experience with hands on ownership of production systems.
• Strong CS fundamentals and experience shipping end to end software across platforms, infrastructure, and runtimes.
• Comfort using multiple AI coding agents and maintaining production quality and reliability.
• Experience in a fast paced early stage environment and willingness to work closely with a small founding team.

Responsibilities

• Own core systems end to end from design to production deployment.
• Define engineering patterns and best practices that shape future hires and projects.
• Collaborate directly with founders to ship features and improvements to production on a regular cadence.
• Help shape the system architecture as the product evolves.

Skills

Software engineering

Production systems

CS fundamentals

AI coding agents

Startup environment

Job description

About the Role

Join as one of the first specialized engineers building core systems that power an agent driven integration platform. You will work closely with the founding team to own critical components across the agent platform, infrastructure, and runtime integrations.

What You'll Do

• Own core systems end to end from design to production deployment.

• Define engineering patterns and best practices that shape future hires and projects.

• Collaborate directly with founders to ship features and improvements to production on a regular cadence.

• Help shape the system architecture as the product evolves.

What We're Looking For

• 2 to 9 years of professional software engineering experience with hands on ownership of production systems.

• Strong CS fundamentals and experience shipping end to end software across platforms, infrastructure, and runtimes.

• Comfort using multiple AI coding agents and maintaining production quality and reliability.

• Experience in a fast paced early stage environment and willingness to work closely with a small founding team.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary 150000-250000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship available. More details provided during discussions.

Location

On site in San Francisco, California, United States