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Founding Engineering Lead

Clera

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

Base salary $200K  to $400K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in New York, NY

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  • LocationNew York, NY
  • WorkplaceRemote
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About this job

About the Role

Lead engineering for an early-stage SaaS company applying machine learning to enterprise software. You will shape technical architecture and product direction while leading a small engineering pod and remaining hands-on with critical builds.

What You'll Do

  • Build and lead a pod of engineers, supporting their growth, performance, and hiring while personally shipping critical work.

  • Own platform architecture and make build-versus-buy and infrastructure decisions.

  • Establish engineering standards for AI-assisted development, including review criteria, definition of done, release cadence, and on-call practices.

  • Lead technical designs and initial implementations for new initiatives.

  • Assess applied machine learning research and determine what is ready for production systems.

  • Partner with technical leadership on product roadmap, model strategy, and machine learning direction.

  • Initially spend most of your time building, with leadership responsibilities growing over time.

What We're Looking For

  • Typically 5 to 8 years of engineering experience, with 4 to 5 years considered for exceptional candidates.

  • Commercial experience training and deploying machine learning models in production, beyond integrating third-party LLM APIs.

  • Experience at an AI-native company, with technical leadership or ownership and a record of attracting strong engineering talent.

  • End-to-end ownership of technical architecture, including infrastructure and cost decisions.

  • Experience setting engineering standards and leading delivery practices for a team.

  • Recent hands-on experience shipping production software, strong applied ML judgment, and effective use of AI coding agents.

  • Comfort working through ambiguity, inherited code, and hands-on implementation.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $200,000 to $400,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in New York City, United States.

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

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($200,000) is above 91% of the 4,282 Engineering (non-software) roles nationwide listed on this site; 55 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $136,500; the middle half runs from $116,800 to $160,000.

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 7, 2026.

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 Engineering Lead (this listing)$200K - $400K
Founding Product Engineer$200K - $250K
Founding Product Engineer$200K - $300K
Founding Engineer$200K - $300K
Founding Enterprise Account Executive$200K - $250K
Founding Product Engineer$200K - $250K
US Founding Engineer$200K - $400K

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

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-11-02
Where this pay comes from

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

Base salary: $200,000 to $400,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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