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Founding Applied AI Engineer

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Clera San Francisco Source published Oct 16, 2026 Source retrieved Oct 16, 2026
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ABOUT THE ROLE As the first senior AI hire at an early-stage AI marketing SaaS startup, you will own the quality and intelligence of multi-channel marketing agents. You will work closely with the founder to shape the agent architecture, evaluation systems, and learning loops that help the product deliver reliable results. WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Improve agent output and content quality across social channels and article writing, making quality measurable through evaluation systems.
  • Improve performance across search engine optimization and generative engine optimization.
  • Build feedback loops that help agents learn from real-world results and performance signals.
  • Own and improve AI infrastructure, agent architecture, model strategy, and supporting data pipelines.
  • Help hire and lead the AI team as it grows. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • At least 3 years building production machine learning or AI systems, including recent hands-on experience shipping LLM products or agents.
  • Experience designing evaluations and using outcome signals at scale in search, ranking, recommendations, or related domains.
  • Strong TypeScript, including Next.js, and Python skills for data analysis, evaluations, and model work, with a track record of shipping end to end.
  • Experience building feedback loops, improving production AI systems, and owning work in a startup or small team.
  • Familiarity with search, ranking, or AI answer engines; marketing experience is a plus, while recommendations, algorithms, or reinforcement learning experience is also relevant. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Annual base salary is $180,000 to $230,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California.

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