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Clera

Founding Product Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

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Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Work
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Level
Not stated
Function
Engineering
Pay
$140K – $180K a year (read from the ad)
Posted
4 days ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, $180K a year, is 30% below the median of $258K for engineering jobs in San Francisco (middle half $215K – $315K, 4,123 jobs that state pay).

5,112 engineering jobs open in San Francisco: 9% remote, 996 posted in the last 30 days.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage legal technology team building AI-powered software for legal workflows. As a Founding Product Engineer, you will work closely with attorneys and AI engineers to develop core product capabilities and help establish engineering practices as the team grows.

What You'll Do

  • Build and own full-stack product features, from data models to interfaces used by attorneys and clients.
  • Translate legal workflows and review playbooks into reliable, production-grade software with domain experts and AI engineers.
  • Make pragmatic architecture and tooling decisions that support rapid development and future needs.
  • Write maintainable code, improve reliability, and take responsibility for features in production.
  • Help shape engineering standards, culture, and hiring as the team expands.

What We're Looking For

  • Three to four years of professional engineering experience, including experience building and shipping production software at an early-stage company or as a founder.
  • Full-stack skills, including TypeScript and React, a modern backend stack, and relational databases.
  • Hands-on experience building with AI or large language models, professionally or through personal projects.
  • Experience owning features from conception through deployment, making sound engineering trade-offs, and building reliable systems for complex workflows.
  • A completed computer science degree, strong product instincts, and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity and minimal process.
  • Experience with legal technology, contract management, document processing, or working directly with domain experts is helpful.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $140,000 to $180,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, six days per week. Relocation is not employer-funded.

Source

Posted by Clera on their own hiring page, jobs.ashbyhq.com. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 09 Nov 2026 15:12 UTC; the original is the reference.

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