Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform)

CLERA, LLC

San Francisco, CA, United States

3 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

2 years minimum

Compensation

$160,000.0 - $250,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

indeed.com

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Continuous Integration Information Extraction Data Intelligence Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Node.Js Oracle (Applications) Next.js SAP (Applications)

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Software Engineering Systems Integration Text Mining TypeScript Data Processing Large Language Models Backend Data Layers Containerization Machine Learning Operations Restful APIs Serverless Computing Web Api

Job description

Join a seed-funded AI and supply chain automation startup serving US manufacturers. As a Senior/Staff Platform Engineer, you will build the software layer that powers autonomous manufacturing operations - designing scalable backend services, intelligent data pipelines, and deep integrations with ERP and freight systems that move physical goods reliably. This is a high-impact, foundational role at a small, fast-moving team., * Design and scale backend services: Architect Next.js API routes, background jobs, and serverless functions to handle high-throughput order processing.

Build AI-powered agents: Develop and productionize LLM-based agents, AI/ML infrastructure, and RAG patterns for intelligent quote analysis and supplier recommendations.
Own the data layer: Design Supabase/PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and complex queries covering materials, quotes, orders, and supplier relationships.
Architect event-driven systems: Build reliable pipelines for order state management, notification triggers, and cross-system synchronization.
Implement caching and rate limiting: Design strategies for external API calls to ensure reliability at scale.
Drive platform reliability: Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability patterns; own incident response for all backend systems.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Text mining tools?, * Required: Experience within the supply chain domain (manufacturing, procurement, logistics, or freight workflows).

Proven experience designing reliable data processing with transactional guarantees - ACID semantics, exactly-once processing, and idempotent APIs.
Experience with NLP/ML pipelines for extracting data from unstructured documents and emails, including OCR and information extraction.
Familiarity integrating with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and freight/carrier APIs, including legacy or poorly documented interfaces.
Strong computer science fundamentals; all educational backgrounds welcome.
Tech stack: TypeScript, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, RAG architectures, AWS, containerization, CI/CD, RESTful patterns.
2-10+ years of relevant software engineering experience.