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Backend-Leaning Product Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
Source: Clera careers · View original posting
- Pay
- $275,000 — $275,000 USD per year
Employer job description
From Clera's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
About the Role
Join a small, high-ownership product team at an early-stage B2B SaaS startup as a backend-leaning product engineer
. You'll own customer-facing features end-to-end, navigate messy integrations and legacy systems, and make product and engineering trade-offs with speed and strong judgment. This is a role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and cares deeply about shipping real products that customers use.
What You'll Do
- Own features end-to-end — from design through shipping and iteration — with minimal PM oversight.
- Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines.
- Integrate with external tools, legacy systems, and third-party services.
- Design workflows and orchestration for AI/automation-driven product features.
- Debug production issues and exercise strong engineering judgment under pressure.
- Collaborate closely with founders, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders in a hybrid San Francisco setting.
- Balance full-stack work when required, with a clear emphasis on backend ownership.
What We're Looking For
- Required: Backend-focused software engineering with hands-on experience designing, implementing, and shipping customer-facing features.
- Demonstrated ownership of the full feature lifecycle — ideation, implementation, and iteration based on customer feedback.
- Track record of shipping real products, ideally in 0-to-1 or ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.
- Must be legally eligible to work in the US without employer sponsorship.
- Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate; hybrid/in-office presence required.
- Nice to Have: Experience with applied AI, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, or LLM-enabled features.
- Python proficiency (modern web/backend stacks considered — engineering quality matters more than specific stack).
- Systems integration experience with external APIs and legacy platforms.
- Early-stage startup experience or founding engineer background.
- Not a fit if you are: frontend-only, data/internal-tools-only, pure DevOps/SRE without product ownership, pure research ML without shipping experience, or primarily motivated by corporate titles.
Compensation
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary:
up to $275,000 depending on experience.
Equity:
meaningful equity package.
No visa sponsorship available.
Location
San Francisco, CA — hybrid/on-site. Candidates must be based in SF or willing to relocate.
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