Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

Clera

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer for an AI-first startup delivering threat intelligence solutions. Building real-time backend services and collaborating in a fully remote team.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $205,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own core backend platform features end-to-end — from concept and architecture through deployment and iteration
Build and maintain low-latency, highly available backend services that power real-time threat detection
Collaborate cross-functionally in a fully remote, distributed team environment
Integrate external data sources and OSINT-style data feeds into the platform pipeline
Contribute to AI pipeline architecture and agentic workflow systems
Drive 0→1 feature development with a high degree of autonomy and accountability

Requirements

What you’ll need

Senior or Staff-level backend engineering experience
Demonstrated 0→1 ownership — founding a product, or owning a large feature/product end-to-end from concept through production
Experience building low-latency, highly available distributed backend systems
Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable collaborating asynchronously across a remote team
Proven ability to work with flexibility across different engineering specialties in a lean team
Nice to Have:
Experience building user-configured workflow or automation systems
Experience designing or maintaining AI / ML pipelines
Experience integrating external data sources or OSINT-style feeds (threat intelligence, social data, radio/dispatch data, etc.)
Early-stage startup experience (sub-10-person engineering team)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote position

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Hard Skills & Tools

Backend EngineeringFeature OwnershipLow-Latency SystemsDistributed SystemsAI Pipeline ArchitectureWorkflow Automation SystemsOSINT Data Integration

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsCollaboration in Remote TeamsFlexibility Across Engineering Specialties