Backend-Leaning Product Engineer

The role

You will own customer-facing features end-to-end from design through shipping and iteration. You will build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines in a B2B SaaS startup.

What you will do

• Own features end-to-end from design through shipping and iteration
• Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines
• Integrate with external tools, legacy systems, and third-party services
• Design workflows and orchestration for AI/automation-driven product features
• Debug production issues
• Collaborate closely with founders, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Balance full-stack work when required

Required qualifications

• Backend-focused software engineering with hands-on experience designing, implementing, and shipping customer-facing features
• Demonstrated ownership of the full feature lifecycle
• Track record of shipping real products, ideally in 0-to-1 or ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
• Must be legally eligible to work in the US without employer sponsorship
• Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate

Nice to have

• Experience with applied AI, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, or LLM-enabled features
• Python proficiency
• Systems integration experience with external APIs and legacy platforms
• Early-stage startup experience or founding engineer background

Benefits

• Base salary: up to $275,000 depending on experience
• Meaningful equity package

Before you apply

• Must be legally eligible to work in the US without employer sponsorship
• No visa sponsorship available

About the company

clera is an early-stage B2B SaaS startup with a small, high-ownership product team.