Founding Engineer
Company websitegetclera.com (Clera, opens in new tab)
Base salary $180K to $250K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in New York, NY
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- LocationNew York, NY
- WorkplaceRemote
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (12 min ago) · observed since
About this job
About the Role
Join an early-stage AI-powered sales automation startup as a Founding Engineer. You will own a core product or engineering domain, work directly with customers, and help shape multi-channel AI agents across voice, SMS, and email.
What You'll Do
Own a domain end to end, from system architecture through daily production releases.
Join customer calls, gather feedback, and make product decisions independently.
Build and optimize multi-channel AI agents, including low-latency voice experiences and persistent conversation state.
Set quality practices for non-deterministic systems, including evaluations, prompt versioning, guardrails, and drift detection.
Work across React and Next.js interfaces, Node.js backends, and Python services.
What We're Looking For
Three to eight years of full-stack engineering experience, including experience shipping early-stage products at startups, as a founder, or on new product teams.
Strong production skills in TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Next.js, plus experience building with LLM APIs or agent SDKs.
Depth in at least one area: agent state and memory, evaluations and guardrails, B2B2C or marketplace architecture, or production voice and SMS agents.
Experience making product decisions, conducting customer discovery, and synthesizing feedback without a dedicated product manager.
Python experience with real-time voice pipelines or evaluation tools is valuable. Strong computer science fundamentals and experience with low-latency systems are also relevant.
Comfort with ambiguity, rapid iteration, and occasional intense periods around launches or major customer milestones.
Compensation & Benefits
Annual salary: $180,000 to $250,000. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site, five days per week in New York, New York, United States.
Source: Clera on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingFounding Engineer$180K to $250K
Mid-Level Platform Engineer, Biotech$180K to $240K
Head of Engineering$180K to $220K
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer$180K to $250K
Founding Full Stack Engineer$180K to $230K
Founding Design Engineer$180K to $220K
Pricing Architect$180K to $220K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Founding Engineer (this listing) | $180K - $250K |
| Mid-Level Platform Engineer, Biotech | $180K - $240K |
| Head of Engineering | $180K - $220K |
| Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | $180K - $250K |
| Founding Full Stack Engineer | $180K - $230K |
| Founding Design Engineer | $180K - $220K |
| Pricing Architect | $180K - $220K |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-13
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: New York (remote)
Annual salary: $180,000 to $250,000. Visa sponsorship is not available.
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