United States
2 months ago

Job Overview

Job Type
Full Time
Pay
$180,000 – $250,000 USD annually

Job description

Salary:
USD 180,000 - 250,000 per year
Location:
United States
Work arrangement:
On-site

Role Summary

Join a small, high-impact founding team at a seed-stage AI-powered fintech compliance company building a foundational multi-agent AI platform. As an early AI Applied Engineer, you'll work directly with the CEO and CTO to define the AI roadmap and architect core systems that autonomously handle business identity data from diverse sources. This is a pivotal role that will shape company culture, product direction, and real-world AI outcomes for customers in the KYB (Know Your Business) and compliance space.

Responsibilities

  • Define AI strategy and directly influence the product roadmap alongside executive leadership
  • Design and develop a multi-agent AI platform that processes and reconciles identity and compliance data from varied sources
  • Build rigorous evaluation frameworks and benchmarks to measure agent performance and output quality
  • Engage directly with customers to capture requirements, gather feedback, and translate insights into product improvements
  • Stay current with the latest AI/ML research and ecosystem developments, translating findings into tangible product impact
  • Foster a collaborative, high-trust engineering culture as a founding team member

Requirements

  • Strong Python development experience with a focus on AI/ML workflows (dealbreaker)
  • Hands-on experience building and deploying multi-agent AI platforms
  • Experience with large language models (LLMs) and machine learning pipelines
  • Experience in data integration and identity information extraction/reconciliation from diverse sources
  • Ability to design and implement evaluation benchmarks to assess agent performance and output quality
  • Excellent stakeholder communication skills with the ability to engage directly with customers
  • Experience working in or contributing to an early-stage startup environment (founding team experience preferred)
  • Ability to track the latest AI landscape and translate findings into product impact

Nice to Have

Proven track record collaborating with C-suite leadership and influencing product roadmaps

  • Salary: $180,000 – $250,000 USD annually
  • Early-stage equity opportunity as a founding team member
  • Visa sponsorship: Not available

This role is on-site in New York, NY . Candidates must be willing to work in-person as part of the founding team. Relocation and commute candidates are welcome to apply.

Role:
AI Applied Engineer
Job Type:
Full Time

Company profile

Clera, legally Clera Labs, Inc., is an AI talent agent that connects job seekers directly with hiring managers at high-growth startups funded by investors such as a16z, Index, YC and GC. Instead of relying on mass applications, Clera learns what a person has done and wants next, then introduces them to the person who needs exactly that, and it shows candidates where they rank against people with comparable experience. The company began in a hacker house in Medellín and was co-founded by Alexander Farr, Sebastian Scott and Daniel Wintermeyer.

Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Founded
2025
Founders
Sebastian Scott, Alexander Farr, Daniel Wintermeyer

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