Founding Product Engineer

Clera • San Francisco, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We're hiring a Founding Product Engineer to join the early team and help shape an enterprise-grade energy procurement platform. You'll take ownership of the full product lifecycle, working closely with customers and founders to turn market data and energy market dynamics into scalable, high-impact solutions.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building robust, maintainable, scalable web applications in a high-intensity or startup environment
• A product mindset and the ability to deliver full product features independently with customers
• Curiosity for energy markets and complex, data-intensive business applications
• Willingness to work on-site in Munich the majority of the week (flexibility for occasional remote work)

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience or strong interest in time-series forecasting and/or linear optimisation
• Comfortable working across backend and frontend domains; familiarity with PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React, and Python is a plus, and FastAPI or Supabase experience is welcome but not required
• Early-stage startup experience preferred; generalist engineer or former CTO background is a plus, while corporate backgrounds are acceptable with demonstrated startup mindset and grit

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the full product lifecycle from design to deployment
• Translate product objectives into clear requirements in close collaboration with customers
• Design simple, iterative solutions to complex procurement and energy problems
• Develop performant backend services for a data-intensive application
• Build intuitive, elegant user interfaces for a complex decision-support system
• Train time-series forecasting models for power consumption and renewables production
• Develop linear optimisation algorithms that reduce customer energy costs
• Help choose and shape the core tech stack, including PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React, and Python

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed