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Product Engineer, Consumer at Clera in Palo Alto
Job Description
About the Role
Join a consumer apps team as a founder-minded product engineer, owning products from identifying user opportunities through design, development, launch, and iteration. You will combine product judgment, design, and full-stack engineering to build polished experiences and take responsibility for user value.
What You'll Do
Define product positioning and scope features into the smallest complete versions worth shipping.
Design consumer experiences, including onboarding flows, interface details, and product copy.
Build frontend and backend systems with TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Node.js.
Implement APIs, SQL data models, authentication, payments, and subscriptions.
Set up analytics and experiments, monitor production, and use engagement and retention data to guide decisions.
Ship polished MVPs or substantial iterations in 3 to 7 days, then debug issues and improve the product using user feedback.
What We're Looking For
At least 3 years of experience shipping consumer products end-to-end, from concept to production; overall experience may range from 2 to 10+ years.
Production experience with TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, SQL, APIs, and data modeling.
Experience implementing authentication, payments, and subscriptions, deploying applications, and resolving production issues.
Experience designing consumer interfaces and onboarding, and setting up product analytics and running experiments. PostHog or similar tools are useful.
Background in consumer apps, social products, communication tools, or cross-platform development is valuable.
Comfort using AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor while maintaining code quality and understanding system architecture.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $200,000 to $350,000 annually. Equity and visa sponsorship details were not provided.
Location
On-site in Palo Alto, California, United States.