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Founding Engineer

United States, San Francisco 250000.00 - 350000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 21, 2026
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Cluely is building AI to give you an unfair advantage in every situation. It acts as a desktop assistant that takes in screen, mic, and audio context to give you information and suggestions that existing model providers cannot, due to a lack of context. We work six days a week in-person in San Francisco, 10-12 hours a day. You are expected to live within a block of the office (housing provided). The entire codebase is strictly typed (no ts-ignore or anys). We use Bun, Elysia, and strictly typed routes.

Requirements

  • One of the best engineers in the world
  • Strong fullstack engineer (React/Electron/Infra experience)
  • Know how to efficiently fetch and cache data in a React application
  • Know how to design and structure database schemas that optimize read and write performance
  • Comfortable deploying and scaling applications and be able to weigh pros and cons of different infra/devops solutions
  • Down to gamble your life into greatness

What we offer

  • Free housing
  • free food
  • guaranteed girlfriend/boyfriend after 1 year
  • equity (0.25% – 0.5%)

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