# Founding Engineer, Agents

About the Role Build autonomous agents designed to handle complex computer-based work reliably over extended periods. You will own core agent systems, from execution and memory to the evaluations that measure performance against human baselines. What You'll Do Build agents that can pursue a goal over multiple weeks with minimal human intervention. Design memory systems that help agents retain knowledge and improve over time. Develop evaluation frameworks to determine whether agents outperform people on specific tasks. Improve reliability and reduce the need for human review of agent runs. What We're Looking For Hands-on experience building production agents that people rely on, including a clear understanding of their failure modes. At least 1 to 2 years of experience at a fast-growing or AI-focused startup. Experience building agent memory, long-running execution, multi-step reasoning, or systems that maintain goals over time. A track record building evaluations that inform real decisions, including comparisons against human-level baselines. Evidence of substantive engineering work, with either published research others build on or software shipped at meaningful scale. St

- **Id**: 3834356
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/clera-founding-engineer-agents-4>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T17:22:49Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T00:08:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1806
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 2706
- **Name**: Clera
- **Domain**: getclera.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/clera>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 6
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 200000
- **Max**: 300000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 300000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T20:30:05Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 47; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 47 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 37
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.374
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 6
- **Reasons**: conf:1, agency, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 300000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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