Founding Engineer
Clera
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Role overview
Clera is hiring for the Founding Engineer role in Berlin, DE. It is full-time, Mid-level level, in the Tech sector. It was posted today.
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- Role
- Founding Engineer
- Company
- Clera
- Location
- Berlin, DE
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Mid-level
- Sector
- Tech
- Posted
- today
Description
About the Role
This is a maximum-ownership founding engineering role at a pre-seed AI-native fintech startup building autonomous agent workflows for private market operations. The platform connects to inboxes, web portals, and financial data sources to extract data, reconcile bank accounts, and generate journal entries for existing ERPs — turning what used to take fund accounting teams days of manual work into a matter of minutes, with full traceability and real-time collaboration.
You will work side-by-side with the founding team and early design partners, shaping the product roadmap, contributing to hiring, and taking on meaningful ownership from day one. Top performers will have the opportunity to grow quickly into a leadership role.
What You'll Do
Build and maintain core platform components, including backend APIs, services, and AI-native agent infrastructure
Design and develop agentic/autonomous workflows for financial operations — covering fund accounting, reconciliation, reporting, and treasury processes
Integrate and operate large language models (LLMs) in production, including intelligent routing across models for speed, accuracy, and efficiency
Connect the platform to ERPs, banking systems, email, file storage, and other data sources
Collaborate directly with customers to understand requirements and translate them into product capabilities
Actively contribute to the product roadmap and architectural decisions
Help attract and evaluate exceptional engineering talent as the team grows
What We're Looking For
Required
1–3 years of professional software engineering experience
Hands-on experience building or operating AI-native infrastructure — e.g. systems involving LLMs, agentic/autonomous systems, or intelligent workflow orchestration
Strong backend development skills: production-grade APIs and services
Domain knowledge in private markets fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, or treasury workflows
Comfort operating in a high-ownership, fast-paced founding environment with ambiguity and proactive communication
Eligibility to work in Germany (visa sponsorship is available)
Based in Berlin or willing to relocate
Nice to Have
Prior experience at fintech, fund administration, or financial operations tooling companies
Experience with enterprise integrations (ERP connectors, banking APIs, email/portal data capture)
Background from high-calibre engineering organisations in cloud infrastructure or enterprise software
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year, depending on experience
Visa sponsorship available for eligible candidates
Opportunity for equity and rapid career growth into a leadership position
Direct impact on product, culture, and company direction as a founding team member
Location
This is an on-site role based in Berlin, Germany. Candidates must be based in Berlin or willing to relocate. Visa sponsorship is available.
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