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AI Applied Engineer
Clera
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About this role
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join a small, high-impact founding team at a seed-stage AI-powered fintech compliance company building a foundational multi-agent AI platform. As an early AI Applied Engineer, you'll work directly with the CEO and CTO to define the AI roadmap and architect core systems that autonomously handle business identity data from diverse sources. This is a pivotal role that will shape company culture, product direction, and real-world AI outcomes for customers in the KYB (Know Your Business) and compliance space.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Define AI strategy and directly influence the product roadmap alongside executive leadership
- Design and develop a multi-agent AI platform that processes and reconciles identity and compliance data from varied sources
- Build rigorous evaluation frameworks and benchmarks to measure agent performance and output quality
- Engage directly with customers to capture requirements, gather feedback, and translate insights into product improvements
- Stay current with the latest AI/ML research and ecosystem developments, translating findings into tangible product impact
- Foster a collaborative, high-trust engineering culture as a founding team member
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Required:
- Strong Python development experience with a focus on AI/ML workflows (dealbreaker)
- Hands-on experience building and deploying multi-agent AI platforms
- Experience with large language models (LLMs) and machine learning pipelines
- Experience in data integration and identity information extraction/reconciliation from diverse sources
- Ability to design and implement evaluation benchmarks to assess agent performance and output quality
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills with the ability to engage directly with customers
- Experience working in or contributing to an early-stage startup environment (founding team experience preferred)
- Ability to track the latest AI landscape and translate findings into product impact
Nice to Have:
- Proven track record collaborating with C-suite leadership and influencing product roadmaps
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Salary: $180,000 – $250,000 USD annually
- Early-stage equity opportunity as a founding team member
- Visa sponsorship: Not available
LOCATION
This role is on-site in New York, NY. Candidates must be willing to work in-person as part of the founding team. Relocation and commute candidates are welcome to apply.
Salary insight
The midpoint of this range ($215k) is about 22% above the median disclosed salary for New York roles listed on ForgeApply ($176k across 4,586 jobs).
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