Clera
Founding AI Engineer
San Francisco
No sponsorship$150k-$200kDetected 2 days ago
AlgorithmsMachine LearningData ScienceAgentic AIAI OrchestrationLogisticsCommunication
About the role
- Join the founding team of an AI-first consumer startup tackling one of Gen Z's most pressing challenges: loneliness.
- AI agents handle the entire experience end-to-end: onboarding, profiling, matching, logistics, reminders, follow-ups, and continuous learning.
- The team is expanding rapidly across hundreds of university campuses across the United States.
Responsibilities
- Build a novel social graph grounded in real-world interaction data, processing millions of data points across a growing user base
- Design and iterate on group-matching algorithms that surface highly compatible friend groups
- Implement collaborative filtering, graph embeddings, and ranking systems to drive personalization
- Discover patterns in social data that lead to meaningful, lasting friendships
- Design and build AI agent workflows that operate natively across channels users already use (e.g., Instagram, iMessage, WhatsApp, TikTok)
- Build scalable backend infrastructure to support AI workloads and multi-channel agent orchestration
- The company organizes AI-powered small-group in-person hangouts every week, helping thousands of young people build real friendships - no app, no swiping, no ghosting.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in collaborative filtering, graph embeddings, and ranking systems
- Experience designing AI agent experiences across multiple messaging channels and handling API integrations
- Ability to architect scalable infrastructure for AI workloads and agent orchestration
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
Nice to have
- Prior experience with social graph platforms or large-scale personalization systems
- Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration frameworks
- Background in consumer social or community-focused products
Compensation
- $150,000 - $200,000 USD per year
Benefits
- Competitive benefits commensurate with an early-stage, well-resourced team
- Apply reinforcement learning from real-world outcomes to continuously improve match quality
- Equity: Meaningful founding equity package
Visa & Work Authorization
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
This listing is sourced directly from Clera's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.