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Founding Product Engineer

clera · San Francisco
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About the Role Join an early-stage legal technology team building AI-powered software for contract review and other legal workflows. As a founding product engineer, you will work closely with attorneys and AI engineers to turn real-world needs into reliable product features, while helping establish engineering practices as the team grows. What You'll Do • Build and own full-stack product features, from data models and backend systems to interfaces used by attorneys and clients. • Partner with attorneys and AI engineers to translate legal workflows and review playbooks into production software. • Make pragmatic architecture and tooling decisions that support fast delivery and long-term maintainability. • Write reliable, maintainable code and take ownership of features through production deployment. • Help shape engineering standards, team culture, and hiring as the team expands. • Work directly with teammates to deliver a high-quality customer experience in a fast-moving environment. What We're Looking For • 1 to 3 years of experience building and shipping production software, ideally at an early-stage company or as a founder. • Full-stack development skills, including TypeScript and React, a modern backend stack, and relational databases. • Hands-on experience building with AI or large language models, through professional work or personal projects. • Experience owning features end-to-end and making sound engineering trade-offs under time constraints. • Strong product instincts, communication, and judgment, with the ability to work through ambiguity and take ownership. • Legal technology, contract management, document processing, or work with attorneys or other domain experts is a plus. Compensation & Benefits Salary range: $140,000 to $180,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. Location On-site in San Francisco, California, six days per week.

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