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  • Clera
  • New York, NY
  • Full-Time
  • 33 days ago
  • $200,000 – $350,000
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Senior Software Engineer, Platform.

Software Engineering & Dev Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer, Platform: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a senior software engineer building platform systems for an AI-native analytics startup.
  • The Person:The person will build the agentic semantic layer, design orchestration systems for distributed agents, and architect AI-centric ETL pipelines for data lakehouses.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience as a backend or platform engineer, strong proficiency in Golang, and hands-on experience with gRPC/ConnectRPC, Trino, Kubernetes, DuckDB, and PostgreSQL.

About the role

About the Role

Join the platform team at a seed-stage AI-native analytics startup building an agentic data lakehouse that delivers trustworthy answers from complex enterprise data. You'll help shape the data foundation that powers AI-driven analytics at scale — without heavy schema migrations or data movement. This is a high-ownership role at the core of the product.

What You'll Do

  • Build the agentic semantic layer that gives agents the context to query enterprise data correctly and the guardrails to prove their results.

  • Design and implement orchestration systems for distributed agents, including API integrations, rate limiting, OAuth passthrough, model routing, scheduling, and token optimization.

  • Architect AI-centric ETL pipelines for data lakehouses that make large-scale analytics accessible to organizations with minimal data engineering resources.

What We're Looking For

  • 4+ years of experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems.

  • Strong proficiency in Golang, with the ability to contribute across infrastructure, services, or frontend as needed.

  • Hands-on experience with gRPC/ConnectRPC, Trino, Kubernetes, DuckDB, and PostgreSQL in a distributed data platform context.

  • Experience building orchestration systems for distributed agents, including API integrations, rate limiting, OAuth, model routing, or token optimization.

  • Experience designing or implementing ETL pipelines, data modeling, or schema design for data platforms.

  • Background at early-stage, VC-backed startups with a track record of building products from zero to one.

  • Strong CS fundamentals; bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

  • Familiarity with data visualization tools or big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, or similar) is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $200,000 – $350,000 USD annually. Equity included. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in New York, NY. Candidates must be willing to work in-office full time.

Published August 24, 2026
Location New York, NY
Job Type Full-Time