About the Role
Join a small, high-caliber founding team in Berlin building AI-native operations infrastructure for private markets. This company is developing an intelligent automation platform that powers fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and treasury automation — connecting to data sources, reconciling documents and transactions, and preparing deliverables like journal entries and reporting packages, all without requiring firms to rip and replace their existing systems.
As a Backend Engineer, you'll own core backend infrastructure with a deep focus on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability across both hosted and self-hosted deployments. You'll be working at the intersection of enterprise-grade security, distributed systems, and AI-native workflows — with meaningful ownership from day one.
What You'll Do
Design and manage backend infrastructure for permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability
Oversee deployment architectures for hosted and self-hosted environments using infrastructure-as-code tooling
Enhance system reliability, performance, and security in production environments
Partner closely with product teams to deliver features while upholding quality standards
Drive AI-native development practices that enable rapid, high-quality releases
What We're Looking For
Required:
Experience building backend infrastructure with a strong emphasis on permissions, auditability, traceability, and observability across hosted and self-hosted deployments
Familiarity with distributed systems and modern observability toolchains (metrics, logs, tracing) to monitor backend services
Ability to thrive in a small founding team — strong ownership, initiative, and cross-functional coordination are a must
1–3 years of relevant backend engineering experience
Eligibility to work in Germany and willingness to work on-site in Berlin
Tech Stack:
TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Inngest, React, Tailwind
Nice to Have:
Background at companies building in AI/ML infrastructure, fintech, or B2B SaaS (e.g. Basis, Willow, Eigen, Decagon, Dynamo AI, or similar)
Experience with LLM orchestration or agentic workflow platforms
Familiarity with private markets, fund accounting, or financial operations tooling
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year, depending on experience
Early-stage equity opportunity
High-impact role with direct influence on the product and company direction
Location
Berlin, Germany — on-site
Candidates must be eligible to work in Germany; visa sponsorship is not available
Backend Engineer Arbeitgeber: Clera
Als schnell wachsendes, von Y Combinator unterstütztes B2B SaaS-Start-up in München bieten wir Ihnen die Möglichkeit, als erster GTM Engineer Teil unseres Gründungsteams zu werden. Wir fördern eine dynamische Arbeitskultur, die auf Eigenverantwortung und Innovation setzt, und bieten Ihnen die Chance, durch bedeutende Eigenkapitalbeteiligungen und direkten Einfluss auf das Unternehmenswachstum einen echten Unterschied zu machen. Bei uns erwarten Sie nicht nur spannende Herausforderungen im Bereich der Automatisierung von Verkaufsprozessen, sondern auch zahlreiche Möglichkeiten zur persönlichen und beruflichen Weiterentwicklung in einem inspirierenden Umfeld.
