Founding Engineer
Clera • $180,000 - $250,000
Founding Engineer
> ROLE OVERVIEW
This is a founding engineering seat at an early-stage AI startup in the sports and sales automation space, joining a small team building multi-modal AI agents across voice, SMS, and email. You will own one of four core domains end-to-end, making product decisions directly alongside customers with no dedicated PM. The company reached seven figures of ARR within its first several months, and this role offers a clear path into leadership or a deep IC track.
> CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own an entire product domain from architecture through daily production feature shipping.
- Join customer calls, synthesize feedback, and drive product decisions independently.
- Build and optimize multi-modal agents targeting sub-500ms voice latency, high SMS response rates, and persistent conversation state across channels.
> HARD REQUIREMENTS & SPECS
- 3 to 8 years of full-stack engineering experience with a track record of shipping 0-to-1 products at high-growth startups, as a founder, or in new vertical teams at large tech companies.
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript with production experience using Node.js, React, and Next.js.
- Hands-on production experience with LLM APIs or agent SDKs such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Vercel AI SDK, or similar frameworks (not just tutorials or prototypes).
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