Clera is building an AI-first platform to revolutionize the recruiting industry by automating the end-to-end headhunting process. As engineer #4 on the founding team, you will have massive ownership, ship features daily, and directly shape the product's direction in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
What You'll Do
- Ship features to production daily
- Own entire product areas from concept to deployment
- Work on fully agentic systems that automate complex workflows
- Collaborate directly with the CTO and founding engineers
- Iterate based on customer feedback
- Build AI-driven automation systems for recruiting
What We're Looking For
- Very strong software engineering background
- Experience in TypeScript and React
- Strong practical experience working with AI
- Startup mindset - high agency, resourceful, and obsessed with creating value
- Take full ownership of projects from concept to deployment
- Write code fast and scrap it quickly, but know when to build for scale and quality
- Enjoy talking to customers and iterating based on feedback
- Willing to work hard to create something new with high impact
Nice to Have
- Experience coding with AI using Cursor
- Experience working with LLM APIs
Technical Stack
- TypeScript
- React
- Cursor
- Supabase
- Prisma
- Typesense
- LLM APIs
- Trigger.dev
Team & Environment
- Founding team, engineer #4
- Flat, collaborative founding team with direct access to CTO and other engineers
- Reporting to CTO
- High ownership and impact
- No micromanagement
- Fast iteration and shipping
- All-in on building something great
- Collaborative and intense environment
- Value creation obsessed
- Resourceful and high-agency mindset
Benefits & Compensation
- Meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup
- Competitive salary
- Direct impact on product direction
- Zero commute with SF hackerhouse setup
- 10× faster feedback loops
- Constant collaboration with A-players
- Intense, productive, and fun work environment
- Visa support available
- Join before the company scales 10-100×
Salary: Competitive salary. Equity: Significant equity.
Work Mode
- Onsite in San Francisco
- Living and building together in a hackerhouse; no remote option indicated
Our company is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
