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  • Clera
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Full-Time
  • 31 days ago
  • USD 150,000 – USD 250,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer.

Software Engineering & Dev Full-Time

Forward Deployed Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for an engineer building core systems for an agentic integration platform at an early-stage AI company.
  • The Person:The person will own the agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations runtime, set engineering standards, ship to production, and help shape the platform architecture.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 2 to 9 years of engineering experience, strong proficiency with TypeScript, and experience with backend systems, infrastructure, distributed systems, and production-grade agentic systems.

About the role

About the Role

This is an early engineering hire at an agentic integration platform, working directly alongside the founding team to own core systems end-to-end. You'll help build and shape the agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations runtime — the foundation everything else gets built on. It's a rare opportunity to set engineering patterns from the ground up at a company doing genuinely novel work in production AI systems.

What You'll Do

  • Own the agent platform, infrastructure, and integrations runtime end-to-end.

  • Establish engineering patterns and standards that every future hire will build upon.

  • Ship to production constantly, working closely with the founders on the full system.

  • Help shape the architecture and direction of the platform in your first year.

What We're Looking For

  • 2–9 years of engineering experience, ideally across backend systems and infrastructure.

  • Strong proficiency with TypeScript; comfort with the broader stack (React, Bun, Effect-TS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, AWS) is a plus.

  • Experience building production-grade, distributed, or agentic systems — not just prototypes.

  • Background at high-caliber engineering organizations (e.g. top-tier tech, consulting, or developer tooling companies).

  • Comfortable with ownership and ambiguity in an early-stage environment.

  • Strong CS fundamentals and a bias for shipping working software.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $150,000 – $250,000 USD annually.

  • Visa sponsorship: Available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA, United States.

Published August 27, 2026
Location San Francisco, CA
Job Type Full-Time