Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

The role

You will work with law enforcement and prosecution teams to understand evidence-management challenges. You will build solutions for immediate problems and translate feedback into code and technical specifications.

What you will do

• Work with law enforcement and prosecutors to understand evidence-management challenges and user needs.
• Build solutions for immediate problems, including one-off analyses and custom integrations.
• Travel regularly to spend time with customers, observe their workflows, and gather product insights.
• Translate feedback into code, pull requests, and clear technical specifications.
• Operate with autonomy in a fast-moving environment.

Required qualifications

• At least 3 years of software engineering experience building and delivering production systems
• Experience in an early-stage startup
• Experience shipping software that directly addresses user problems, including custom or non-scaled solutions
• Strong full-stack skills
• Ability to turn end-user needs into implemented features and technical decisions
• Comfort with ambiguity, rapid execution, and independent problem-solving
• Willingness to travel extensively
• Support applicable background check and CJIS clearance processes

Nice to have

• Interest in public safety and government technology
• Relevant experience in regulated or sensitive domains

Benefits

• Base salary: $130,000 to $215,000 annually
• founding-level equity
• performance-based bonuses

Before you apply

• Support applicable background check and CJIS clearance processes
• Visa sponsorship is available

About the company

clera is an early-stage government technology team building AI-powered tools for sensitive investigative workflows.