Founding Engineer (Full-Stack/AI)
Summary
Clera is a seed-stage startup in Munich seeking a founding engineer to build autonomous freight forwarding tools. The role involves full-stack development and AI integration, requiring expertise in Python and experience deploying AI models in production.
About the Role
This is an early, high-ownership engineering role at a seed-stage AI logistics startup building tools that make freight forwarding operations autonomous. You'll join a small, technical team in Munich and have direct influence over product architecture, AI strategy, and the company's technical direction from the ground up.
What You'll Do
Own and personally design, build, and maintain the most critical parts of the core product.
Ship reliable full-stack features that make users radically more efficient in their daily workflows.
Evaluate, benchmark, and fine-tune AI capabilities to maximise domain accuracy and contextual performance.
Continuously experiment with new model releases, frameworks, and agentic techniques in production.
Navigate and improve large-scale legacy codebases to add structure and scalability.
Engineer infrastructure and automation to support heavy data and AI workloads.
Collaborate closely with founders and teammates as a hands-on, high-ownership contributor.
What We're Looking For
Founder-level drive, extreme ownership, and a results-oriented, autonomous work style.
Around 2–3 years of professional experience, though strong personal projects or other track records are equally valued.
Strong full-stack engineering skills with the ability to move fluidly across backend and cloud environments.
Fluency in Python; familiarity with Go is a strong plus.
Practical AI/ML experience: benchmarking, fine-tuning, integrating LLMs, and running experiments in production.
Comfort engineering for scale, automating systems, and working with complex legacy codebases.
Strong CS fundamentals, intellectual humility, and exceptional self-discipline.
Prior startup or entrepreneurial experience is preferred; enthusiasm for on-site work in Munich is essential.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: €60,000 – €90,000 per year. Equity participation via options (up to ~1.5%) is available as an early team member. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Location
On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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