Founding Engineer

CLERA, LLC
San Francisco, CA, United States
23 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Starter
Experience required
1 year minimum
Compensation
$120,000.0 - $190,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence PostgreSQL Google Cloud Large Language Models Backend Web Api Golang

Job description

We’re a small, fast-moving seed-stage healthtech startup building AI-powered software that modernizes billing and operations for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies. Our platform automates denial resolution, appeal generation, payer outreach, and compliance workflows - helping paramedics get paid and protecting 911 services across the country., * Build and ship customer-facing features informed by direct conversations with EMS billers and agency operators.

  • Design and implement automation that eliminates manual work and drives meaningful revenue recovery for agencies.
  • Make thoughtful product and design tradeoffs with a strong UX sensibility.
  • Iterate rapidly: deploy, gather customer feedback, and continuously improve.
  • Collaborate closely with the founding team in a hybrid in-person setting (San Francisco, 2-3 days per week)., This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA. You’ll be expected in the office 2-3 days per week to work closely with the founding team. Remote candidates are not being considered for this position.

Requirements

  • 1-3 years of experience building full-stack products end-to-end, with demonstrated ownership of complete features.
  • Proficiency in React and a track record of delivering polished, customer-facing UIs with strong UX sensibility.
  • Experience translating customer needs into technical deliverables and building features that interact with external APIs.
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures - this is a dealbreaker requirement.
  • Strong CS fundamentals, high attention to detail, fast learner, and clear communicator.

Nice to Have:

  • Backend and infrastructure experience with Go, PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud.
  • Background in EMS, 911 dispatch, healthcare, or insurance billing.
  • NREMT certification (a significant plus).
  • Prior experience as a founder or founding engineer at an early-stage startup.

Visa: OPT and STEM OPT candidates are welcome; the team will work with you on next steps. Formal visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

Benefits & conditions

  • Salary: $120,000 - $190,000 USD annually, depending on experience.
  • Early-stage equity as a founding team member.
  • High-impact, high-ownership role at the ground floor of a mission-driven healthtech company.

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