Backend Engineer at Clera-AI

Berlin, , Germany -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Oct, 26

Salary

110000.0

Posted On

20 Jul, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Backend Engineering, Permissions Systems, Auditability, Traceability, Observability, Distributed Systems, Infrastructure-as-Code, TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Inngest, Mastra, Enterprise Security Patterns, SSO, Role-Based Access Control

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

About the Role Join a small, high-caliber founding team in Berlin building core backend infrastructure for an AI-native operations platform targeting the private markets industry. The platform powers fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and treasury automation — with a deep focus on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability across both hosted and self-hosted deployments. This is an early engineering role with significant ownership and direct impact on the systems that define the product's foundation. What You'll Do Own and evolve backend infrastructure with a strong emphasis on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability Design and manage deployment architectures for both hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code tooling Enhance system reliability, performance, and security in production environments Partner closely with product and frontend teams to ship features while upholding quality standards Drive AI-native development practices that enable rapid, high-quality releases What We're Looking For Required: 1–3 years of backend engineering experience, with a focus on permissions systems, auditability, traceability, and observability Familiarity with distributed systems and modern observability toolchains (metrics, logs, tracing) Comfortable working in a small founding team — strong ownership, initiative, and cross-functional coordination are essential Eligible to work in Germany and willing to work on-site in Berlin Tech Stack (familiarity a plus): TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma Inngest, Mastra React, Tailwind (for context) Nice to Have: Background in fintech, private markets, fund accounting, or adjacent regulated industries Experience with enterprise security patterns: SSO, role-based access control, strict data isolation Prior experience at companies building AI/LLM-powered workflows or agentic systems Compensation & Benefits Salary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year, depending on experience Early-stage equity opportunity High ownership and influence over architecture decisions at a foundational stage Location Berlin, Germany — on-site Candidates must be eligible to work in Germany; visa sponsorship is not available

Responsibilities

Own and evolve backend infrastructure with a focus on permissions, auditability, and observability for an AI-native operations platform. Design deployment architectures for hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code tooling.