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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** CLERA, LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Data Storage Technologies, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=98dfebd892067260

## About the Role

Must-haves:

 * 3+ years of software engineering experience in fast-paced environments; startup experience strongly preferred.
 * Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React for frontend, and Node.js for backend.
 * Demonstrated ability to build something 0 to 1 - whether at an early-stage startup or through serious side projects.
 * Experience integrating or building workflows around large language models (LLMs) and agent-based platforms.
 * Hands-on experience with AWS (cloud infrastructure) and PostgreSQL (data storage).
 * Experience with observability, monitoring, tracing, and reliable retry/queuing patterns in distributed systems.
 * Track record of owning features across the full stack - frontend, backend, and infra - with measurable customer outcomes.

Nice to have:

 * Familiarity with Bun, Effect-TS, or Kubernetes.
 * Background in supply chain, logistics, or enterprise SaaS integrations.

## Description

* Establish engineering patterns, conventions, and architecture decisions that will define how the team operates as it scales.
 * Partner directly with the founders - your technical opinion matters as much as your code.
 * Ship to production constantly, building observable, reliable, and resilient distributed systems.
 * Drive end-to-end feature development across frontend, backend, and infrastructure with measurable customer impact.


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