Founding Engineer

Clera
Berlin, Germany
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems Databases Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Open Source Technology Procurement Software Software Architecture Next.js Software Deployment TypeScript
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ReactJS Large Language Models Backend Low Latency Real Time Data Graphql Front End Software Development Restful APIs

Job description

Join an early-stage AI procurement software team as a full-time Founding Engineer. You will own customer problems from discovery through production, build AI-enabled workflows, and help shape the technical direction and working practices of a small engineering team., * Build and ship full-stack product features based on customer needs, from initial discovery through production release.

  • Develop agent-powered workflows and shared foundations for context, tool use, evaluation, guardrails, and observability.
  • Make architectural decisions across frontend, backend, and infrastructure, considering performance, security, and developer experience.
  • Review AI-assisted code and use frequent releases and customer feedback to improve product quality.
  • Contribute to engineering practices, hiring standards, and team processes while working hands-on as an individual contributor.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience building and shipping end-to-end product features across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
  • Evidence of strong engineering ability, such as shipped products, technical leadership, open-source work, or other substantial accomplishments.
  • Production experience with TypeScript and Python, and experience building and deploying applications with React and Next.js.
  • Hands-on experience with production LLM applications, retrieval systems, and embeddings, including trade-offs across latency, cost, and quality.
  • Experience designing reliable LLM workflows with evaluation loops, guardrails, and observability.
  • Strong foundations in databases, APIs, and full-stack architecture; experience with PostgreSQL, Supabase, Vercel, REST or GraphQL, and real-time data integrations is relevant.
  • Startup or entrepreneurial product-building experience is valued, as is familiarity with procurement, ERP, or enterprise supply chains.
  • Clear communication, high agency, sound judgment, and comfort working closely with a team in person.

Benefits & conditions

Competitive salary and meaningful equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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