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Founding Engineer

Clera
Posted a day ago, valid for 14 days
Location

San Francisco, CA, US

Salary

$120,000 - $190,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

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About the Role

We're a small, fast-moving team building AI-powered software that modernizes billing and operations for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies. Our platform automates the denial resolution and revenue recovery process — helping paramedics get paid and protecting the financial health of 911 services across the country.

We're looking for a Founding Engineer who thrives at the intersection of hands-on engineering and direct customer impact. You'll be one of the earliest technical hires, shaping the product, the codebase, and the culture from the ground up.

What You'll Do

  • Own end-to-end development: architecture, code, deployment, and on-call responsibility.

  • Build and ship customer-facing features informed by direct conversations with billers, fire chiefs, and EMS operations leaders.

  • Develop automation that reduces manual work and delivers meaningful financial savings to agencies.

  • Make product and design tradeoffs with a strong UX sensibility — you care as much about the experience as the implementation.

  • Iterate quickly: deploy, gather customer feedback, and improve continuously.

  • Collaborate closely with the founding team in person 2–3 days per week in San Francisco.

What We're Looking For

Required:

  • 1–3 years of full-stack product development experience, delivering end-to-end features independently.

  • Proficiency in React with strong product and UX sensibilities — you know what "good" looks like on the frontend.

  • Experience translating customer needs into well-scoped, well-executed technical deliverables.

  • Hands-on experience building and shipping features that interact with APIs.

  • Familiarity with LLMs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures — this is a dealbreaker requirement.

  • Strong CS fundamentals, high attention to detail, and a fast learner with clear communication skills.

Nice to Have:

  • Backend and infrastructure experience with Go, PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud.

  • Background in EMS, 911 dispatch, healthcare, or insurance billing.

  • NREMT certification — a meaningful differentiator.

  • Prior experience as a founder or founding engineer at an early-stage startup.

Visa: OPT and STEM OPT candidates are welcome; we will work with you on next steps. Sponsorship is not available for other visa types.

Location

  • Hybrid — San Francisco, CA, with an in-person expectation of 2–3 days per week.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $120,000 – $190,000 USD annually, depending on experience.

  • Early-stage equity participation.

  • Opportunity to shape the technical direction and culture of a company at day one.




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