Senior / Staff Backend Engineer

Posted:
7/10/2026, 1:24:00 AM

Location(s):
San Francisco, California, United States ⋅ California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Remote

Pay:
$180k–$205k/yr

About the Role

Join a lean, high-output core engineering team at an AI-first startup building the next generation of physical threat intelligence and critical event management. The platform combines real-time AI-powered 911 radio monitoring with OSINT from major social networks to deliver verified, actionable threat alerts to enterprise security operations teams — in seconds. The company has strong early traction, meaningful ARR, and is backed by top-tier seed investors.

We're adding 1–2 Senior / Staff Backend Engineers to the core team. You'll own critical platform functionality end-to-end and help shape features the industry hasn't seen yet.

What You'll Do

  • Own core backend platform features end-to-end — from concept and architecture through deployment and iteration

  • Build and maintain low-latency, highly available backend services that power real-time threat detection

  • Collaborate cross-functionally in a fully remote, distributed team environment

  • Integrate external data sources and OSINT-style data feeds into the platform pipeline

  • Contribute to AI pipeline architecture and agentic workflow systems

  • Drive 0→1 feature development with a high degree of autonomy and accountability

What We're Looking For

Required:

  • Senior or Staff-level backend engineering experience

  • Demonstrated 0→1 ownership — founding a product, or owning a large feature/product end-to-end from concept through production

  • Experience building low-latency, highly available distributed backend systems

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable collaborating asynchronously across a remote team

  • Proven ability to work with flexibility across different engineering specialties in a lean team

Nice to Have:

  • Experience building user-configured workflow or automation systems

  • Experience designing or maintaining AI / ML pipelines

  • Experience integrating external data sources or OSINT-style feeds (threat intelligence, social data, radio/dispatch data, etc.)

  • Early-stage startup experience (sub-10-person engineering team)

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $180,000 – $205,000 per year

  • Fully remote position

  • Visa sponsorship: Not available

Location

Fully remote. Open to candidates based anywhere in the United States.

Clera

Website: https://www.getclera.com/

Headquarter Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Employee Count: 1-10

Year Founded: 2025

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Pre-Seed

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