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Talent AI Operator

full-timeOn-site or RemoteLos Angeles, San Francisco+ Competitive

Summary

Location

Los Angeles, San Francisco

Equity

Competitive

Type

full-time

Workplace

On-site or Remote

Experience

3+ years

About this role

Talent Operator - Clera

Talent Operator

Competitive salary + performance-based compensation

Full-time AI Operations Any experience (new grads welcome) Visa sponsorship available
About Clera

Clera is building autonomous AI agents that recruit. Not chatbots. Not copilots. Agents that find candidates, write personalized outreach, handle conversations, qualify fit, and schedule interviews. End to end.

We raised a pre-seed from top investors and have been growing to marketplace scale (40K+ talents, hundreds of top startup customers). The AI works. Now we need operators to scale it and shape the agent as we grow.

The Role

You're not a recruiter. You're the human who makes autonomous recruiting actually work.

Our AI agents handle the volume: thousands of candidates sourced, messaged, and qualified every week. Your job is to supervise the agents, catch edge cases, step in for high-judgment moments, and close candidates that need a human touch. Think air traffic controller, not pilot.

This is a new type of role. You'll define what "AI-native recruiting operations" looks like as we scale.

Compensation

Competitive base + uncapped performance-based compensation tied to placements. Top performers earn significantly more.

Equity (Performance-Based)

Equity is earned through results. After a successful 90-day performance window, top performers receive equity grants with potential for meaningful ownership as scope expands.

Benefits: Health insurance, visa sponsorship, optional: working from our hackerhouse in San Francisco.

What You'll Do
Supervise AI agent pipelines: Monitor live candidate conversations, flag errors, and intervene when the agent needs human judgment
Handle high-stakes moments: Senior candidates, tricky objections, compensation negotiations. The conversations where humans still win.
Train the agents: Review agent outputs, label good/bad responses, and write the examples that make our AI smarter
Quality control at scale: Audit candidate matches, outreach quality, and conversion rates across thousands of weekly touchpoints
Close placements: Guide candidates through final stages, handle offers, and ensure successful hires
Build the playbook: Document what works, create SOPs, and help us figure out how humans and AI agents work together
Growth Path

This role is a proving ground. Strong performers can move into:

Account Lead: Own client relationships and agent performance for key accounts
Agent Training Lead: Own the feedback loop that makes our AI better
Operations Lead: Build and manage the team as we scale from thousands to millions of candidates

Growth paths aren't promised. They're unlocked through consistent execution and demonstrated judgment.

Who You Are
You're comfortable working with AI. You've used Claude, ChatGPT, or similar tools extensively. You understand what AI is good at and where it breaks.
You have strong judgment. You can look at an AI-generated message and instantly know if it's good, weird, or wrong.
You're good with people. When a candidate needs a human, you can read what they actually want, not just what they say.
You can handle volume without losing quality. Monitoring dozens of live pipelines, catching the one message that's off.
You want to define a new role. This isn't a playbook job. You'll help write the playbook.

Prior recruiting experience is a plus but not required. We care more about judgment, adaptability, and comfort with AI.

Founding Team
Sebastian (CEO): Serial founder, started first company at 17. Scaled learning platform to 15K users, built AI agents for German OEMs.
Daniel (CTO): Head of Engineering at Lofino (acquired), led 15 engineers. First startup at 18, then a VC-backed marketplace.
Alexander (COO): Scaled SaaS to €10M ARR as Chief of Staff. 800+ interviews, 30 hires. Runs ops and GTM.
Interview Process

Fast and straightforward. We don't waste your time.

1.
Intro call (20-30 min): Your background, what you're looking for
2.
AI operations exercise (2-3 hours): Review agent outputs, flag issues, write better examples
3.
Founder interviews: Meet Sebastian and Alexander
4.
Working session (optional): Spend a few hours with the team

About Clera

Clera is a fast-growing AI start-up that is changing how top talents find jobs with AI start-ups. We are working with some of the leading companies like Luminai, Windsurf and mintlify. We are convinced that the recruiting process needs to be talent-first to make it easy to get in touch with those companies, be coached in the journey and actually get hired.

Our culture

  • Fast-paced startup
  • Talent-first
  • High ownership
  • Collaborative

Our Team

Clera team

Product Showcase

Clera product

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