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Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed)
Karlsruhe, GermanyPosted 2 months agoFull-time
Software DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentAI relevant
Company
Clera
Location
Karlsruhe, Germany
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority
Mid level
Primary category
Software Development
Secondary category
Frontend Development
Posted date
11 Feb 2026
Valid through
12 Apr 2026
We’re a German founding team that just raised a $3M pre-seed round from top-tier investors and we’re now looking for a Founding Engineer from the DACH region to join us in our San Francisco Hackerhouse. We’ll fly you out, cover your visa sponsorship, and bring you directly into the center of the action.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the most ambitious engineers in DACH to build alongside us in SF and shape the future of AI recruiting.
About Clera:
Clera is a fast-growing AI start-up reimagining how top talent finds their dream jobs. We’re already working with leading, VC-backed startups such as Mintlify, Luminai, and Windsurf - many in AI, all VC-backed. We believe recruitment needs to be talent-first to make it easy to get in touch with those companies, be coached in the journey and actually get hired. We just raised our big pre-seed and are now growing as quickly as possible.
Thousands of talents engage with Clera every week. We’ve connected many of them with companies where they’ve landed exciting new roles. With the traditional $600B headhunting industry ripe for AI-driven disruption, we are aiming to build a massive company, providing better outcomes for talents and companies. We’re at a pivotal moment—right before liftoff. Early enough that you’ll get meaningful ownership. Far enough that we’ve got a product, paying customers, and a team of A-players.
The Role:
Automating the work of headhunters is a massive tech challenge - and opportunity. We are looking for an exceptional founding engineer.
You will work directly with our CTO & Co-Founder Daniel and our engineers and ship your own features to production every day. You will have a strong impact on building our fully agentic system to automate the headhunting process end-to-end.
Your Experience:
Very strong software engineering background: Experience in TypeScript and React
Strong practical experience working with AI: We work 24/7 in Cursor - ideally you have experience coding with AI. Bonus if you have an experience working with LLM APIs
Startup mindset - high agency, resourceful, and obsessed with creating value
Who You Are:
Take full ownership of projects, from concept to deployment and do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Write code fast and scrap it even faster, but know when to transition to building for scale and quality.
Enjoy talking to customers and iterating based on feedback.
Are willing to work hard, to create something new with a lot of impact, changing how millions of talents find their jobs in the future.
Tech stack: TypeScript, React, Cursor, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense, LLM APIs, Trigger.dev
Working in hacker-house in SF:
Live & build with a small founding team
Zero commute, 10× feedback loops & team bonding
Our international team flew in from Germany, US, Sweden, France
Very intense but also extremely productive & fun to live and work from the same AirBnb as a team
We can support with visa processes
Perks:
Experienced founders and a team of A Players
True ownership, no micromanagement, shipping to production every day
Work on some of the most technically challenging projects as we scale our marketplace