Founding Engineer, Infrastructure
Company websitegetclera.com (Clera, opens in new tab)
Base salary $175K to $300K
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 the Role
Join an early-stage B2B SaaS infrastructure company as its first infrastructure engineer. You will own the runtime and platform foundations for an agentic integration product, working closely with company leadership and helping shape the infrastructure team as it grows.
What You'll Do
Build and operate a reliable integration runtime with durable execution, isolated environments, and automated recovery.
Develop infrastructure to run coding agents that write, test, and deploy integration code in production.
Design observability across integrations and agents, including logs, metrics, and tracing.
Build a single-tenant, self-hostable deployment and own the platform layer end to end.
Set engineering patterns for future infrastructure hires, contribute to hiring, and ship production improvements continuously.
What We're Looking For
Three to nine years of professional software engineering experience, including at least three years in fast-moving, high-growth startup environments.
Experience operating, scaling, and debugging Kubernetes in production, with hands-on ownership of cloud infrastructure or a platform.
Experience designing production observability and building self-hosted or single-tenant deployments.
Familiarity with AWS, Docker, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, and effective use of AI coding agents with sound production engineering judgment.
A completed or in-progress degree in engineering, computer science, or a quantitative field from a strong technical university.
Background as a startup founder or as an engineer at an early-stage, venture-backed startup.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $175,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California. Candidates should be based in the Bay Area or have a concrete relocation plan.
Source: Clera on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingFounding Engineer, Infrastructure$175K to $300K
Founding Engineer$175K to $225K
Founding Engineer (Full-Stack)$175K to $200K
Mid-Level Platform Engineer, Biotech$180K to $240K
Head of Engineering$180K to $220K
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer$180K to $250K
Founding Engineer$180K to $250K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Founding Engineer, Infrastructure (this listing) | $175K - $300K |
| Founding Engineer | $175K - $225K |
| Founding Engineer (Full-Stack) | $175K - $200K |
| Mid-Level Platform Engineer, Biotech | $180K - $240K |
| Head of Engineering | $180K - $220K |
| Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | $180K - $250K |
| Founding Engineer | $180K - $250K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-15
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Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
Base salary: $175,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
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