Where SF's best engineers
get hired.

It's a curated group of software engineers that top San Francisco startups hire from. Instead of you applying to companies, the companies review the cohort and request intros to the engineers they want, each with a salary bid attached. Clera is the AI talent agent that runs the match.

Yes. The cohort is free for engineers, with no fees ever. Companies pay Clera when they hire, so you never do.

When Cohort 08 closes on October 6, the full cohort goes out to companies and they have two weeks to review it and request intros. Each request arrives with a salary bid attached, so the first conversations usually start inside that window.

Not the traditional way. No job boards, no cover letters, no cold applications — companies in the cohort request the intro and bring a salary bid. The cohort itself is curated, so a spot isn't guaranteed, but there's no application grind on your end.

Flag it on your profile and we surface it to companies. Plenty of startups in the cohort sponsor visas and will still bid for you.

Plenty of cohort engineers were heads-down at a current role when they joined. Every engineer in the cohort ends up actively talking to companies that match what they asked for — comp, stage, role, and work setup — so you only ever spend time on conversations worth having.