Stellenbeschreibung
About the Role
This is a rare opportunity to join a small, high-conviction team building purpose-built AI agents for the sea and air freight industry. As a Founding Engineer, you will sit at the intersection of customer discovery, product strategy, and hands-on engineering. You'll help transition the product from demo-stage to a scalable, production-grade platform — and play a direct role in shaping the company's technical and strategic direction from the ground up.
The company is an early-stage B2B SaaS startup in the freight and logistics technology space, developing an AI operating system that automates operational workflows — such as rate requests, bookings, and exception handling — for top-tier freight forwarders. The platform integrates with existing industry systems and continuously improves with every shipment processed.
Work arrangement: Hybrid — Berlin, Germany. Visa sponsorship is available.
What You'll Do
Lead customer conversations, deeply understand user pain points, and translate insights into concrete product features and technical strategy.
Design, build, and ship full-stack applications across the entire product surface area.
Advance the product's AI capabilities — including LLM integrations, agent orchestration, and data pipelines.
Drive the transition from MVP and demo-mode to scalable, high-quality production systems.
Contribute to shaping product direction, engineering culture, and company strategy as an early team member.
What We're Looking For
Must-haves:
2+ years of software engineering experience.
Full-stack development proficiency: Node.js, TypeScript, and React on the frontend/backend; Python for backend and ML-adjacent work.
Hands-on experience with LLM design patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning.
Proven track record designing, building, and deploying scalable products from MVP through production.
Comfort leading customer conversations and distilling feedback into clear product requirements.
Experience working in a startup or early-stage environment — you thrive with autonomy and ambiguity.
Nice to have:
Familiarity with the freight forwarding or broader logistics technology space.
Experience integrating with enterprise systems (e.g. ERP, TMS, or carrier portals).
Background at a high-calibre technology, consulting, or logistics-tech company.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation details are not publicly listed for this role. Equity participation is expected given the founding-team nature of the position. Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
Location
Berlin, Germany — Hybrid working arrangement. Candidates should expect a regular in-person presence at the Berlin office.
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Where is the Founding Engineer position at Clera located?
The Founding Engineer role at Clera is based in Berlin.
What type of employment is the Founding Engineer role at Clera?
This Founding Engineer position is offered as Full Time.
What skills are needed for the Founding Engineer role at Clera?
Key skills and focus areas for this role include Engineering.
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