Founding Engineering Lead
At Clera · New York; New York, New York, United States
Salary: $200,000 to $400,000 a year
- Engineering
- Full-time
- Lead
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- Posted
- 17 October 2026
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Job description
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About the Role
Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team as its hands-on engineering lead, shaping platform architecture and applied machine learning strategy alongside the technical founders. You will lead a small engineering pod while building and shipping critical product work, helping establish the technical foundation and practices for the team.
What You'll Do
* Lead a pod of three to four engineers, supporting their growth, performance, and hiring while remaining hands-on with key projects.
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* Own core platform architecture, infrastructure decisions, build-versus-buy choices, and cost considerations.
* Set engineering standards, code review criteria, release practices, definitions of done, and on-call policies.
* Lead technical design and initial implementation for new initiatives.
* Evaluate applied machine learning approaches and distinguish techniques ready for production from those that are still speculative.
* Partner with the technical leadership team on product direction, model strategy, and the engineering roadmap.
What We're Looking For
* Typically 5 to 8 years of engineering experience, with exceptional candidates who have 4 to 5 years also considered.
* Experience training and deploying machine learning models in production, beyond integrating third-party LLM APIs.
* End-to-end ownership of technical architecture, including infrastructure and build-versus-buy decisions.
* Experience setting engineering practices and holding a team accountable as a technical or people lead.
* Recent experience personally shipping software end-to-end, along with strong hands-on coding skills.
* Applied ML judgment across classical methods and newer approaches, plus experience using AI coding agents effectively.
* Comfort working through ambiguity, existing code, and practical delivery challenges.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $200,000 to $400,000 annually, with equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in New York City.
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