Clera

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

We captured this posting once, on 2026-08-05, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer: Clera
Location: San Francisco, CA
Seniority: Mid level
Experience asked for: 7+ years
Pay band: $180K – $210K

When we saw it

Posted 2026-08-01 — the date the employer published it
Archived 2026-08-05 — when we saved this copy

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customer discoverypocproduct signalstakeholder managementproduct partnershipcross-functional collaborationexecutive communication

From the posting

About The Role This is a founding-level, customer-facing engineering role at a Series A AI compliance SaaS company serving enterprise brands in regulated industries such as CPG, healthcare, and FMCG. The platform automates the review of marketing and packaging materials against brand guidelines and market regulations — turning multi-week approval cycles into hours using purpose-built AI agents. The company has real, live enterprise customers and is firmly in the scaling phase. This role sits at the center of customer trust, deal velocity, and product direction. You will work directly alongside the founding team in active enterprise cycles, and what you learn in the field will shape what gets built next. What You'll Do Customer discovery. Go on-site with enterprise customers, run discovery sessions, and surface unmet needs — not just stated ones. …

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