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Founding Machine Learning Engineer

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Clera Munich Source published Sep 23, 2026 Verified 1 day ago
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ABOUT THE ROLE This is a founding ML engineering role at an early-stage AI startup, where you will own the machine learning function from day one. Working closely with founders and researchers, you will shape the technical direction of post-training pipelines, agent systems, and the broader ML roadmap as the team scales. WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Structure, filter, and score experimental trajectories for training data pipelines.
  • Design and implement evals and benchmarks that measure model reasoning, planning, and experimental improvement.
  • Build reliable agent environments, tool interfaces, observability systems, and replay infrastructure.
  • Establish robust validation and provenance tracking for trajectory and data quality.
  • Set ML roadmap priorities across systems, experiments, and hiring decisions.
  • Lead the technical direction of the ML team as it grows. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • 3 or more years in machine learning engineering roles with a track record of delivering production ML systems.
  • Hands-on experience with post-training data pipelines, including structuring, filtering, and scoring training data.
  • Demonstrated experience building agent environments, tool interfaces, and RL training systems.
  • Production software engineering proficiency in Python and systems-level programming for ML infrastructure.
  • Experience designing and implementing evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for ML models.
  • Deep understanding of trajectory data, reward modeling, and agent decision-making systems.
  • Experience building data validation, provenance tracking, and observability systems for ML pipelines.
  • Background at a frontier AI lab or on a post-training or evals team at scale is a strong plus.
  • High agency, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to bridge research and production seamlessly. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary range: $100,000 to $170,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in Munich, Germany (primary location), with additional offices in Zurich, Switzerland and San Francisco, California. Remote arrangements may be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

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