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Software Engineer

Clera

A well-funded, early-stage B2B SaaS startup building self-improving conversational agents that run product demos 24/7.

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San Francisco Full-time Posted 1d ago sales automationai

About the Role

This is a full-stack software engineering role on a small, flat team building an AI agent platform for the hospitality industry. You will own meaningful pieces of a system that handles guest communication and operations workflows at scale, with real autonomy over design and architecture decisions.

What You'll Do

  • Design and build response generation pipelines, including routers, orchestrators, and synthesizers that classify intent, assemble context, select tools, and decide when to send or escalate.

  • Develop knowledge retrieval systems that ground agent responses in accurate, current customer data despite messy real-world inputs.

  • Build tool orchestration layers that execute multi-step workflows reliably, including graceful handling of third-party API failures mid-conversation.

  • Create evaluation frameworks that measure quality against real conversations and catch regressions before they reach customers.

  • Implement observability and tracing that makes agent reasoning legible to non-technical support teams.

  • Design controls and interfaces that let support leads adjust agent behavior without writing code.

  • Extend the platform to voice conversations with real-time transcription and tool-use capabilities.

  • Optimize for speed and cost through model routing, caching, and prompt refinement.

  • Own infrastructure, data pipelines, integrations, and API work that underpin the platform.

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years shipping production systems that real users depend on.

  • Hands-on experience designing and debugging AI/ML systems in production, including retrieval pipelines, prompt engineering, or model orchestration.

  • Experience building and evaluating retrieval systems such as knowledge bases, ranking, context validation, or semantic search.

  • Experience designing multi-step workflows, tool orchestration, or function-calling systems.

  • Experience building observability, tracing, or debugging tooling for complex pipelines.

  • Strong evaluation discipline, measuring impact across real conversations before shipping changes.

  • Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Python, Go, Rust, or Java.

  • Comfort working across the full stack and picking up whatever the problem requires.

  • Demonstrated direct ownership of production product systems, ideally in a startup environment.

  • Experience integrating with third-party APIs and handling failure modes in production.

  • Pragmatism about AI models, knowing when to reach for frontier models, fine-tuned variants, or simpler solutions.

  • Prior experience with voice systems, real-time audio, or low-latency applications is a plus.

  • Background in hospitality, travel, property management, or guest operations is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base salary: $130,000 to $220,000 per year

  • Equity: 0.20% to 1.20%

  • Comprehensive health insurance and 401(k) match

  • Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must be authorized to work in the US

Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA. Relocation is welcome for the right candidate.

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