Founding Frontend Engineer at Clera
San Francisco, CA
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Jul 28, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A pre-seed AI-powered talent acquisition startup is hiring its first full-time frontend engineer to own the end-to-end user-facing product. The role involves building consumer-facing interfaces from Figma designs, establishing frontend architecture and best practices, and contributing to product strategy alongside founders. It suits a frontend developer with a B2C product background who is comfortable in a high-ownership, early-stage environment.
Mid level · 3+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 33,400 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 25,000–43,400
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The compensation is quoted in EUR (€55,000–€65,000 annually) despite the role being US-based in San Francisco with no visa sponsorship. This is likely an error in the posting — a hiring manager should verify the intended currency before publishing.
The posting names no specific frontend framework or language (e.g., React, TypeScript, Vue) anywhere in the requirements or stack description, making the skills list unusually thin. Only Figma and AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot / Cursor) are concretely named as required.
The title 'Founding Frontend Engineer' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 3–5 year experience requirement and independent ownership scope support a Mid-level classification, though the founding-team framing could argue for Senior; Mid was chosen as the more conservative band.
The alt SOC 15-1254 (Web Developers) was noted as a runner-up given the frontend/consumer-UI focus, but the role's emphasis on architecture, product strategy, and end-to-end ownership points more strongly to 15-1252 Software Developers.
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