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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** Clera
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Design Patterns, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend, Front End Software Development, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5ad641f9e46b26b2

## About the Role

Must-haves:

 * 2+ years of software engineering experience.
 * Full-stack development proficiency: Node.js, TypeScript, and React on the frontend/backend; Python for backend and ML-adjacent work.
 * Hands-on experience with LLM design patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning.
 * Proven track record designing, building, and deploying scalable products from MVP through production.
 * Comfort leading customer conversations and distilling feedback into clear product requirements.
 * Experience working in a startup or early-stage environment - you thrive with autonomy and ambiguity.

Nice to have:

 * Familiarity with the freight forwarding or broader logistics technology space.
 * Experience integrating with enterprise systems (e.g. ERP, TMS, or carrier portals).
 * Background at a high-calibre technology, consulting, or logistics-tech company.

## Description

This is a rare opportunity to join a small, high-conviction team building purpose-built AI agents for the sea and air freight industry. As a Founding Engineer, you will sit at the intersection of customer discovery, product strategy, and hands-on engineering. You'll help transition the product from demo-stage to a scalable, production-grade platform - and play a direct role in shaping the company's technical and strategic direction from the ground up.

The company is an early-stage B2B SaaS startup in the freight and logistics technology space, developing an AI operating system that automates operational workflows - such as rate requests, bookings, and exception handling - for top-tier freight forwarders. The platform integrates with existing industry systems and continuously improves with every shipment processed., * Lead customer conversations, deeply understand user pain points, and translate insights into concrete product features and technical strategy.

 * Design, build, and ship full-stack applications across the entire product surface area.
 * Advance the product's AI capabilities - including LLM integrations, agent orchestration, and data pipelines.
 * Drive the transition from MVP and demo-mode to scalable, high-quality production systems.
 * Contribute to shaping product direction, engineering culture, and company strategy as an early team member.


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