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  • Clera
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Full-Time
  • 27 days ago
  • $200,000 – $280,000
Clera VERIFIED EMPLOYER

Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems.

Data Engineering & Architecture Full-Time

Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a software engineer building AI and data systems at a seed-stage company.
  • The Person:The person will build customer-facing products and platform capabilities, design and operate high-volume data pipelines and services, build AI agents and developer tooling, and turn vague requests into working software.
  • Requirements:The role asks for 1–6 years of software engineering experience, strong backend engineering fundamentals, hands-on experience with high-volume data pipelines, strong CS fundamentals, and experience with AI-native development.

About the role

About the Role

Join a small, high-ownership engineering team at a seed-stage people data and AI infrastructure company building one of the world's largest real-time identity graphs. You'll work across backend, data, and infrastructure surfaces to ship customer-facing products and core platform capabilities — taking ambiguous problems all the way from concept to production.

What You'll Do

  • Build and ship customer-facing products and platform capabilities spanning backend services, data infrastructure, and frontend surfaces.

  • Design and operate high-volume data pipelines and services at massive scale with a strong focus on reliability, security, and observability.

  • Build AI agents, agent harnesses, and developer tooling — then own and operate them reliably in production at scale.

  • Make architecture decisions, articulate tradeoffs clearly, and iterate designs as requirements evolve.

  • Work directly with founders and customers to translate vague requests into clear product decisions and working software.

What We're Looking For

  • 1–6 years of software engineering experience, ideally at an early-stage startup (seed through Series A/B) shipping across both product and infrastructure.

  • Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a production system — from initial concept through deployment and ongoing operations.

  • Strong backend engineering fundamentals: APIs, data modeling, and distributed systems.

  • Hands-on experience building and operating high-volume data pipelines.

  • Strong CS fundamentals, preferably from a rigorous academic background.

  • Experience with AI-native development: LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI agent systems.

  • Familiarity with identity resolution, data enrichment, or entity-matching systems is a plus.

  • Comfortable using modern AI development tools aggressively while maintaining sound engineering judgment.

  • Available to start by mid-September 2026.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $200,000 – $280,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Location

This is a full-time, on-site role based in San Francisco, California.

Published August 31, 2026
Location San Francisco, CA
Job Type Full-Time