Founding AI/ML Engineer
Clera · San Francisco
- Location
- San Francisco
- Salary
- $130,000 to $170,000
- Funding
- $3M
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
Clera is hiring a Founding AI/ML Engineer based in San Francisco. Every apply link on Engg.space goes straight to the company's own careers page - no recruiter middleman, no generic job-board form.
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ABOUT THE ROLE Build the intelligence layer for an AI-powered recruiting marketplace, including the systems that match candidates with relevant roles. You will own recommendation, ranking, and retrieval capabilities from early design through production. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design and build recommendation, ranking, and retrieval systems for candidate-role matching. - Develop LLM-powered features and improve matching quality using measurable outcomes. - Take product features from problem definition to production, shipping at a rapid cadence. - Build and maintain the data pipelines and backend services that support production models. - Work with company leadership to translate product goals into working systems. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Two to five years of experience building and shipping end-to-end software features in production. - Production experience with recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, or ML-powered matching. - Experience shipping ML models or ML-powered products to users, with hands-on work in PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent frameworks. - Proficiency in TypeScript or Python and experience building production features with LLM APIs. - Experience maintaining production data pipelines and services, ideally in a fast-moving startup environment. - Strong computer science fundamentals; React, embeddings, vector search, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense, or workflow automation tools are helpful. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary is $130,000 to $170,000 annually, plus competitive founding-hire equity. Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California. The role works in person six days per week.
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