AI Engineers
About this role
Clera is hiring AI Engineers to solve two core technical challenges: building a backend that scales and optimizing LLM/AI agent flows that power the product. You’ll join a fast-moving engineering team where these efforts directly impact platform performance and user experience.
What youll do
- Own two main technical challenges: backend scalability and AI agent/LLM flow optimization.
- Design and implement backend systems and services that operate at scale.
- Tune and iterate on LLM integrations and agent orchestration to improve reliability and efficiency.
What Clera is looking for
- Must be able to work in Stockholm; candidates should be eligible to work in Sweden (visa considerations may apply).
- Compensation range: $80–120k USD plus equity, with flexibility for exceptionally senior candidates and a negotiable salary/equity mix.
- Strong backend engineering experience building systems for scale.
- Hands-on experience optimizing LLMs and AI agent flows in production environments.
- Proven track record of coding and shipping software over time; practical experience is valued over formal credentials.
- Strong side-project portfolio that demonstrates technical depth and sustained curiosity.
- Demonstrated ownership, high agency, and intentional career choices that reflect commitment to craft.
- Experience at fast-growing startups preferred; Clera is open to hiring 1–2 very senior, startup-motivated engineers.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced team that maintains an ongoing hiring mindset.
Company at a glance
Scape is building the first truly AI native email client, aiming to serve a billion users from Stockholm and lead AI enabled communication. It is backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, including OpenAI's VP of Product and Spotify's CMO.
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
The first 10 hires operate as the founding team.
Everyone from the first 10 hires should operate as a founder.
Deep obsession about the problem and high agency enable ultra high ownership.
If the biggest problem today is a database migration and you are the most suited, that work will fall on your table.
If two weeks forward the biggest problem is context engineering and you are the most suited, your work will shift to that.
If we are working a lot and spending the majority of our time together we should have fun and feel excited about spending time together.
We believe the first 10 hires will hire the first 100, who will hire the first 1000.
Community first.
We are building the company from the heart of the Stockholm ecosystem.
The office is located in a building with a dense startup ecosystem and notable founders nearby.
The building hosts founders and leaders from the startup ecosystem, with frequent curated events featuring notable figures.
The surrounding area includes startups like Lovable and Klarna, with regular ecosystem events.
The building has a rooftop terrace.
We thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to go all in.
There is a strong emphasis on ownership and a growth mindset through flexible, shifting priorities.
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