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Founding Engineer – Chat, Real-Time Features
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$135K - $155K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Founding Engineer – Chat, Real-Time Features
Clera
• Design and implement core chat and real-time features for a production healthtech product. • Collaborate closely with a small, cross-functional founding team to define and execute technical direction. • Build reliable, scalable services and iterate quickly based on real user feedback. • Participate in architecture and design discussions, balancing speed-to-ship with long-term maintainability. • Own components end-to-end — from implementation and testing through to monitoring and observability.
Job Requirements
- Proven track record delivering production software in real-time or chat-related systems.
- Strong engineering fundamentals with practical, full-stack experience building scalable, reliable services.
- Comfort operating with high autonomy in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.
- Experience collaborating effectively in remote or distributed teams.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder — visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.
Benefits
- Base salary: $135,000 – $155,000 per year
- Equity: ~0.5% – 1.5%
- Opportunity to shape the technical foundation of a high-growth healthtech product
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