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Senior / Staff Backend Engineer

Clera
CompanyClera
CategoryEngineering
Locationremote
RemoteRemote
EmploymentNot stated
LevelSenior
SalaryNot stated by the employer
Posted10 Jul 2026
Last verified4 Aug 2026
SourceEmployer ATS (ashby)
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Description
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.