Co-Founding CTO

Clera • Spanish: C1 (Optional) • German: C1 • Relocation: Yes • 4 hours ago
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Clera

Clera is a San Francisco company that runs an AI recruiting platform positioned as a talent agent rather than a job board, matching engineers and other technical candidates to roles at venture-backed startups. Its system reads a candidate's background and preferences, then represents them to hiring teams at companies funded by firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Index Ventures and General Catalyst, compressing the introduction step that traditional headhunting handles manually. The model is aimed at the segment where recruiter fees are highest and candidate supply is thinnest, and the platform handles screening, scheduling and pipeline tracking for both sides of the match.
getclera.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • HR & Recruiting AI • Recruiting & Staffing • 11-50 employees • Est. 2023

About the Role

This is a co-founder-level opportunity to own the full technical vision of a pre-seed AI-powered smart home intelligence platform. You will shape the architecture, build the engineering team, and drive product development as the company scales from early-stage through Series A and beyond. Your decisions will directly determine how the platform detects anomalies, optimizes energy, and manages connected systems across residential and commercial properties.

What You'll Do

  • Own and evolve the technical architecture across IoT, cloud, and AI/ML layers.

  • Lead and grow the engineering team from the current early foundation, including hiring and mentoring engineers.

  • Drive the product roadmap from a technical perspective, balancing innovation with execution.

  • Write production code and solve critical technical problems alongside your team.

  • Represent the technical vision to investors, partners, and stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

  • 10+ years of software engineering or technical leadership experience, with 3+ years in senior tech leadership roles.

  • Proven 0 to 1 startup experience as a co-founder or early CTO, not a big-company-only background.

  • Strong IoT and embedded systems background with hands-on experience shipping IoT products or systems.

  • Cloud architecture expertise, ideally AWS, with demonstrated ability to design and deploy scalable systems.

  • AI/ML product experience applied to real-world, production systems.

  • Hands-on coding ability across a modern stack including React, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.

  • Hardware and software crossover experience, with understanding of embedded and software systems integration.

  • Smart home, building tech, or energy management domain knowledge is a strong plus.

  • German or Spanish language proficiency is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary range: 60,000 to 100,000 EUR annually, discussed on a case-by-case basis.

  • Co-founding equity up to 5% via an earn-in structure.

  • Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

This is a primarily on-site role based in Mallorca, Spain, with strong ties to Munich, Germany. Candidates should be based in or willing to relocate to Mallorca.

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