Founding Engineer (AI/ML)

As a Founding ML/AI Engineer at Clera, you'll own the intelligence layer of our recruiting marketplace: the recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, and LLM-powered matching that decide which candidate sees which role. This is the core of how the product works, and it's yours to build.

What you'll do

• Own the AI/ML intelligence layer end to end: recommendation, ranking, and retrieval.
• Build LLM-powered matching that measurably improves candidate-role alignment.
• Take features from problem to production yourself, shipping on a daily cadence.
• Architect and maintain the production data pipelines and services the models run on.
• Work directly with the founders to turn product goals into shipped systems.

What we're looking for

• 2-5 years shipping production software, with real applied ML depth. You've put models in front of users, not just in notebooks.
• Hands-on experience with recommender systems, ranking, or ML-powered matching. This is the thing we care about most.
• Strong in TypeScript or Python. Either is fine on its own.
• Production experience with LLM APIs.
• Strong CS fundamentals and a track record in fast, unstructured environments.
• Something outstanding on your profile: a top program, a strong GitHub, projects you're proud of.
• Nice to have: React, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense, trigger.dev, embeddings and vector search.

How we work

We're in person in SF at our hacker house, 6 days a week. It's an intense cadence and we'd rather you know that now than find out in week two. Relocation assistance available.

Compensation

$130, 000 to $170, 000 plus competitive founding-hire equity.