Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

Clera

United StatesRemoteFull Time$180,000 – $205,000

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About the RoleJoin a lean, high-caliber core engineering team at a fast-growing AI-first startup in the physical security and critical event management space. About the Role Join a lean, high-caliber core engineering team at a fast-growing AI-first startup in the physical security and critical event management space. The platform leverages agentic AI to monitor real-time threat signals — including 911 radio dispatch and social media OSINT — delivering verified, actionable alerts to enterprise security operations teams in seconds. Customers include Fortune 50 retailers, major utilities, and leading autonomous-vehicle companies. The company was founded by public-safety technology veterans, is backed by top-tier seed investors, and has crossed strong early revenue milestones with impressive customer retention. The core engineering team is small and intentional — this is a meaningful, high-ownership role. What You'll Do Own core platform functionality end-to-end, from idea through production and polish Design and build backend systems that power real-time threat intelligence ingestion, processing, and alerting Develop and iterate on AI pipelines and agentic workflows Build user-configured workflow systems that enable security operations teams to act quickly and precisely Collaborate closely with a small, senior core team to ship features the industry hasn't seen before Flex across engineering specialties as needed in an early-stage environment What We're Looking For Required: Senior or Staff level backend engineering experience 0→1 ownership experience — you've taken a large project or product feature from idea to polished delivery, end-to-end Demonstrated ability to dive into different areas of engineering (flexibility is key on a lean team) Based in the United States Nice to Have: Experience building user-configured workflow or automation systems Experience building AI pipelines or working with agentic systems Early-stage startup experience Eye for product design and UX Compensation & Benefits Salary: $180,000 – $205,000 annually Visa sponsorship available Location Fully remote — open to candidates anywhere in the United States Originally posted on Himalayas

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