Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript)
Company websitecluely.com (Cluely, opens in new tab)
Base salary $250K to $350K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About Cluely
Cluely is building AI to give you an unfair advantage in every situation.
It acts as a desktop assistant that takes in screen, mic, and audio context to give you information and suggestions that existing model providers cannot, due to a lack of context.
We will win for two reasons:
1) Chatbots are not the best interface for multi-modal AI
2) We can make anything viral
About the Role
We work six days a week in-person in San Francisco, 10-12 hours a day.
You are expected to live within a block of the office (housing provided).
The entire codebase is strictly typed (no ts-ignore or anys). We use Bun, Elysia, and strictly typed routes.
You might be a good fit if you are:
One of the best engineers in the world
Strong fullstack engineer (React/Electron/Infra experience)
You should know how to efficiently fetch and cache data in a React application
You should know how to design and structure database schemas that optimize read and write performance
You should be comfortable deploying and scaling applications and be able to weigh pros and cons of different infra/devops solutions
I will sanity check all of the above in an interview with you
Down to gamble your life into greatness
Compensation:
Founding engineers get anywhere from $250k-$350k base + 0.25-0.5% equity
We also offer free food
Source: Cluely on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($250,000) is above 90% of the 4,313 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 38 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,100; the middle half runs from $149,100 to $203,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingFounding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript)$250K to $350K
Videographer$150K to $200K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript) (this listing) | $250K - $350K |
| Videographer | $150K - $200K |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2025-04-28
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Founding Engineer
USD 250,000 – 350,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary · Founding Engineer
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
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