Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

Clera; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Clera is seeking a Senior or Staff backend engineer to join a lean, high-caliber core engineering team at a fast-growing AI-first startup in the physical security and critical event management space.

You’ll own core platform functionality end-to-end and help build backend systems for real-time threat ingestion, processing, and alerting, collaborating with a small, senior team to ship groundbreaking features.

Qualifications

• Senior or Staff level backend engineering experience.
• 0-1 ownership experience: you've taken a large project from idea to delivery end-to-end.
• Ability to dive into different areas of engineering on a lean team.
• Based in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Own core platform functionality end-to-end, from idea through production and polish.
• Design and build backend systems for real-time threat ingestion, processing, and alerting.
• Develop and iterate on AI pipelines and agentic workflows.
• Build user-configured workflow systems for security operations teams to act quickly and precisely.
• Collaborate closely with a small, senior core team to ship industry-first features.
• Flex across engineering specialties in an early-stage environment.

Skills

Senior/Staff backend engineer

0-1 ownership experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Based in United States

Job description

About the Role

Join a lean, high-caliber core engineering team at a fast-growing AI-first startup in the physical security and critical event management space. The platform leverages agentic AI to monitor real-time threat signals - including 911 radio dispatch and social media OSINT - delivering verified, actionable alerts to enterprise security operations teams in seconds. Customers include Fortune 50 retailers, major utilities, and leading autonomous-vehicle companies.

The company was founded by public-safety technology veterans, is backed by top-tier seed investors, and has crossed strong early revenue milestones with impressive customer retention. The core engineering team is small and intentional - this is a meaningful, high-ownership role.

What You'll Do

• Own core platform functionality end-to-end, from idea through production and polish

• Design and build backend systems that power real-time threat intelligence ingestion, processing, and alerting

• Develop and iterate on AI pipelines and agentic workflows

• Build user-configured workflow systems that enable security operations teams to act quickly and precisely

• Collaborate closely with a small, senior core team to ship features the industry hasn't seen before

• Flex across engineering specialties as needed in an early-stage environment

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Senior or Staff level backend engineering experience

• 0-1 ownership experience - you've taken a large project or product feature from idea to polished delivery, end-to-end

• Demonstrated ability to dive into different areas of engineering (flexibility is key on a lean team)

• Based in the United States

Nice to Have:

• Experience building user-configured workflow or automation systems

• Experience building AI pipelines or working with agentic systems

• Early-stage startup experience

• Eye for product design and UX

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $180,000 - $205,000 annually

• Visa sponsorship available

Location

• Fully remote - open to candidates anywhere in the United States