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Founding Engineer
New York, United States
Source: Clera careers · View original posting
- Pay
- $150,000 — $190,000 USD per year
- Sponsorship
- Base salary: $150,000 to $190,000 annually, depending on experience, plus 1% to 3% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Employer job description
From Clera's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
About the Role
Join a small, product-focused team as its first full-time engineering hire, shaping the technical direction of an early-stage company in the insurance sector. You will build AI agent systems and help turn meaningful product and infrastructure challenges into solutions for users.
What You'll Do
- Build and improve AI agent systems that power the core product.
- Own full-stack development across backend services, APIs, and frontend interfaces.
- Make product decisions with the founding team, balancing technical feasibility with user needs.
- Design scalable backend systems that support AI workloads.
- Contribute to platform infrastructure as the team grows.
What We're Looking For
- At least 3 years of experience building and shipping full-stack products, with strong backend and product engineering skills.
- Hands-on experience building AI agents, ideally with AI or machine learning systems in production.
- Experience with infrastructure and distributed systems, and the ability to own work from product decisions through delivery.
- A strong academic foundation or startup experience, along with experience at an established company.
- Insurance or financial services experience is helpful.
Compensation
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $150,000 to $190,000 annually, depending on experience, plus 1% to 3% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
Hybrid in New York City, with in-office work expected most days and some flexibility.
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