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Founding Engineer

Clera

Company websitegetclera.com (Clera, opens in new tab)

Base salary $150K  to $190K

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 (27 min ago) · observed since

About this job

About the Role

Join a small, product-focused team as its first full-time engineering hire, shaping the technical direction of an early-stage company in the insurance sector. You will build AI agent systems and help turn meaningful product and infrastructure challenges into solutions for users.

What You'll Do

  • Build and improve AI agent systems that power the core product.

  • Own full-stack development across backend services, APIs, and frontend interfaces.

  • Make product decisions with the founding team, balancing technical feasibility with user needs.

  • Design scalable backend systems that support AI workloads.

  • Contribute to platform infrastructure as the team grows.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of experience building and shipping full-stack products, with strong backend and product engineering skills.

  • Hands-on experience building AI agents, ideally with AI or machine learning systems in production.

  • Experience with infrastructure and distributed systems, and the ability to own work from product decisions through delivery.

  • A strong academic foundation or startup experience, along with experience at an established company.

  • Insurance or financial services experience is helpful.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $150,000 to $190,000 annually, depending on experience, plus 1% to 3% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid in New York City, with in-office work expected most days and some flexibility.

Source: Clera on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)

This range next to 6 other live Clera roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Clera roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Founding Engineer (this listing)$150K - $190K
Software Engineer, Mid-Level$150K - $300K
Medical AI Researcher$150K - $230K
Founding Agentic Engineer$150K - $300K
Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)$150K - $200K
Forward Deployed Operator$150K - $200K
Ex-Founder / Ex-CTO$150K - $250K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Clera roles · How to read the bar

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-15
Where this pay comes from

Location as the employer wrote it: New York (remote)

Base salary: $150,000 to $190,000 annually, depending on experience, plus 1% to 3% equity. Vi

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