Founding Product Engineer

Clera
Germany
Remote

Who this role is best for

Founding Product Engineers with full-stack experience and a customer-focused mindset will find this remote role in AI communications SaaS appealing, particularly given the emphasis on end-to-end ownership and startup adaptability.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with full-stack experience and a track record of end-to-end feature delivery in startups
    — “at least three years of product engineering experience delivering features end to end”
  • Individuals who thrive on independent initiative and hypothesis-driven development
    — “Own features end to end, from forming a hypothesis to implementation, release, and iteration”
  • Professionals fluent in German and comfortable with European business contexts
    — “German proficiency at B2 level or above and fluent English”

Things to consider

  • The role requires remote work within Germany and time overlap in Central European Time
    — “Remote within Germany, with overlap in Central European Time”
  • Equity is offered, but visa sponsorship is not available for international candidates
    — “Visa sponsorship is not available”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with AI integration and lightweight prototyping in your resume and interview answers
    — “Experience integrating large language models or building AI-powered features is an advantage”
  • Emphasize your ability to make pragmatic architecture decisions that balance speed and scalability
    — “Build across the stack and make pragmatic architecture choices that balance fast learning with long-term scalability”
  • Showcase your customer-centric approach by detailing how you've used feedback to shape product decisions
    — “Speak regularly with customers, partners, and Sales to identify real needs and pain points”
  • Demonstrate your ability to own and drive initiatives independently, especially in early-stage environments
    — “Take ownership of initiatives and move them forward independently”
  • Quantify your ability to use product metrics to guide decisions and improvements
    — “Design tracking and use product metrics to guide decisions and improvements”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Developed and released product features
  • Validated product ideas through experiments
  • Improved customer communications
Typical background
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Skills & requirements

Required

Full-stack-developmentProduct-engineeringCustomer-interactionProduct-metricsPragmatic-architecture

Preferred

Large-language-modelsAi-powered-features

Stack & domain

Product EngineeringNode.jsTypeScriptNestJSReactSoftware ArchitectureImplementationProduction ReleaseAi-powered ToolsCustomer CommunicationsLarge Language ModelsAi-powered FeaturesData And MetricsOwnershipIndependentCustomer-focusedProblem-solvingCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipAdaptabilityAttention To DetailStrategic ThinkingDecision-makingCustomer FocusAI

About the role

Original posting from Clera via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join the engineering team at a seed-stage AI communications SaaS company as a Founding Product Engineer. You will own product features from discovery and prototyping through production, helping build AI-powered tools that improve customer communications for businesses across Europe.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Own features end to end, from forming a hypothesis to implementation, release, and iteration.
  • Run rapid experiments and build lightweight prototypes to validate product ideas.
  • Speak regularly with customers, partners, and Sales to identify real needs and pain points.
  • Design tracking and use product metrics to guide decisions and improvements.
  • Build across the stack and make pragmatic architecture choices that balance fast learning with long-term scalability.
  • Take ownership of initiatives and move them forward independently.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • At least three years of product engineering experience delivering features end to end.
  • Full-stack experience with Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, and React.
  • Experience owning software from architecture and implementation through production release.
  • Hands-on experience in a startup environment and a strong customer-focused product mindset.
  • German proficiency at B2 level or above and fluent English.
  • Experience integrating large language models or building AI-powered features is an advantage.
  • Comfort using data and metrics to make product decisions.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Annual base salary of €80,000 to €120,000, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

Remote within Germany, with overlap in Central European Time.

Source: Clera careers (Ashby)

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