Clera
Tech Lead
San Francisco · Staff+
No sponsorship$20k-$30kDetected 2 days ago
Full-Stack DevelopmentAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsMachine LearningNLPLLMsProject ManagementLeadership
About the role
- This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role that sits at the intersection of hands-on engineering and technical leadership - partnering directly with the CTO and senior leadership to shape architecture, processes, and team productivity.
- The company is at an early but rapidly scaling stage (seed-funded, ~10 employees), operating in the conversational AI / voice SaaS space.
- You'll help define how the engineering organization grows and executes from here.
Responsibilities
- Manage the engineering team day-to-day: unblock engineers, set priorities, and drive delivery.
- Guide the team on architectural decisions and system design across the full stack and cloud infrastructure.
- Review code and RFCs to maintain quality, consistency, and engineering standards.
- Act as a technical liaison and thought partner to the CEO, CTO, Director of Sales, and Head of Customer Success.
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with recent roles as a Staff Engineer or Tech Lead.
Requirements
- Experience working in fast-growing startups or scale-ups and shipping quality product under pressure.
- No visa sponsorship is available - candidates must have the right to work in the US.
- No visa sponsorship; candidates must have existing US work authorization
Nice to have
- Prior leadership experience in a conversational AI or voice technology product.
- Experience deploying ML/NLP models in production at scale in cloud-based SaaS environments.
- Track record of advocating technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders across go-to-market and customer-facing functions.
- Direct impact on product, team, and company trajectory from an early stage
- No visa sponsorship
- candidates must have existing US work authorization
- Proven leadership and people management experience - you've led engineering teams and mentored engineers.
- Strong background in software architecture, cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure preferred
Compensation
- Salary: $220,000 - $250,000 USD annually
Benefits
- Early-stage equity in a funded, high-growth startup
Company info
- The company is at an early but rapidly scaling stage (seed-funded, ~10 employees), operating in the conversational AI / voice SaaS space. You'll help define how the engineering organization grows and executes from here.
Visa & Work Authorization
- No visa sponsorship is available — candidates must have the right to work in the US.
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