Software Engineer, Applied AI
CleraIndustrial Electrification company
San Francisco, United States$150,000 – $250,000 USD annuallyMid
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Build and operate applied AI systems, shipping agent-powered features and full-stack applications.
- •We're a small, ambitious team building applied AI systems at the intersection of private market investing and cutting-edge model capabilities.
- •This is an early
- •to mid-career role for a software engineer who wants to own production systems end to end
- •shipping agent-powered features, full-stack applications, and durable workflows that turn improving model capabilities into dependable, economically valuable tools.
- •Key Responsibilities Build and operate production systems spanning agent architectures, full-stack applications, durable workflows, and data infrastructure.
- •Own system design, deployment, and iteration for agent-powered features from concept to production.
- •Evaluate new models, frameworks, tool-use patterns, and context strategies
- •then productionize the improvements that matter.
- •Build evaluation pipelines, observability tooling, and human-review systems to make agent behavior measurable and reliable.
- •Design and implement interfaces that make complex agent workflows clear, fast, and intuitive for end users.
- •Requirements A few years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals and a proven track record of shipping production systems.
- •Hands-on experience building and operating human-in-the-loop evaluation and review systems to monitor and improve agent behavior.
- •Experience designing and implementing evaluations and metrics to measure model performance, reliability, and production impact of AI agents.
- •Direct experience with LLM applications, agents, tool use, or other applied AI systems.
- •Based in San Francisco or excited to relocate
- •this role is fully in-person.
Required skills
PythonLLMsLangChainOpenAI APIAnthropic APIGemini APIReactNode.jsDockerKubernetesGitSQL
Nice-to-have skills
Prefect
Domain expertise
fintechai
Benefits & perks
Equity participation
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptLLMsLangChainOpenAI APIAnthropic APIGemini APIReactNode.jsAWSGoogle CloudAzureDockerKubernetesGitLinuxSQL