Founding Engineer
Clera · On site, San Francisco, US
140,000 - 240,000 USD / Year · Posted Nov 4, 2026
About the job
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early engineering team building a cloud-first platform for orchestrating coding agents. You will work alongside the founders to help engineering teams run persistent, shareable agent tasks across a range of infrastructure and interfaces.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build the orchestration engine for running multiple coding agents in parallel and keeping long-running tasks active across sessions.
- Enable the platform to run on customer infrastructure, bare-metal fleets, cloud providers, and managed compute.
- Support different coding agents and models, including bring-your-own subscriptions and open-source models.
- Develop desktop, web, and mobile interfaces, along with integrations for team communication and project management tools.
- Build team capabilities for shared environments, secrets, skills, MCP servers, spend controls, and usage visibility.
- Work with early customers to understand their needs and incorporate feedback into the product.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Experience with developer tools or coding-agent orchestration.
- Daily hands-on use of current coding-agent tools, including experience running several agents in parallel.
- A strong background building or operating cloud and compute infrastructure across varied environments.
- About two years of software engineering experience; new graduates are welcome.
- Open-source contributions to coding agents or developer tools are a plus.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is $140,000 to $240,000 annually, plus founding equity. Visa sponsorship details were not provided.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California.
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