Software Engineer, Backend

Join us at ClericWe’re building an autonomous AI agent that investigates and resolves production incidents. Our agent combines LLMs with tools to understand systems, reason through problems, and take corrective actions — even for issues it hasn’t seen before.Cleric is already running in production at high-scale companies across fintech, ride-sharing, and autonomous vehicles.About The RoleWe’re hiring a Software Engineer, Backend to help build and scale our autonomous agent. This role is ideal for engineers who want to build, ship, and work on production AI systems in real-world environments.You’ll work closely with senior engineers on agent reasoning, integrations, and runtime systems, contributing directly to real customer-facing functionality.What You’ll DoContribute to autonomous agent capabilities and tool execution workflowsBuild and extend integrations with production systemsSupport development of agent evaluation and observability toolingWork with senior engineers to design, implement, and ship featuresLearn how to build reliable AI systems operating in production environmentsYou have1–2 years of professional software engineering experienceStrong fundamentals in software engineering and system designExperience programming in Python (experience with other languages is a plus)Interest in AI, ML, and agentic systemsA desire to learn quickly and work on real production problemsNice to haveExposure to AI/ML systems or LLM-based productsExperience with distributed systems or cloud infrastructureStartup or fast-paced team experienceHow we workSmall teams, big impactRadical candor in a positive environmentIn-person collaborationAI-first in everything we doInterview processIntro Call & Technical ScreenSoftware engineering sessionSystem designBar raiser (product & engineering practices)Compensation Range: $140K - $170K