Cluely

Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript) at Cluely (San Francisco, CA)

Cluely· San Francisco, CA· $250k–$350k·

Role details

Salary
$250k–$350k
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

About Cluely

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 will win for two reasons:

  1. Chatbots are not the best interface for multi-modal AI
  2. We can make anything viral

About the Role

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 elysiajs.com, and strictly typed routes.

You might be a good fit if you are:

  • One of the best engineers in the world
  • Strong fullstack engineer (React/Electron/Infra experience)
  • You should know how to efficiently fetch and cache data in a React application
  • You should know how to design and structure database schemas that optimize read and write performance
  • You should be comfortable deploying and scaling applications and be able to weigh pros and cons of different infra/devops solutions
  • I will sanity check all of the above in an interview with you
  • Down to gamble your life into greatness

Compensation:

  • Founding engineers get anywhere from $250k-$350k base + 0.25-0.5% equity
  • We also offer free food

Why work at Cluely

  • Fast-growing startup (24 employees, 1,700% YoY headcount growth) with significant venture backing (a16z, etc.).
  • Engineering-heavy culture with a tech stack including TypeScript, React, Swift, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenAI.
  • Controversial but high-profile founding story (founders suspended from Columbia over Interview Coder tool) gives the company a “rebellious” brand.
  • Roles span marketing, engineering, design, and customer experience; key executives include a CEO/Co-Founder (Roy Lee), COO (Neel Shanmugam), and CTO (Alex Chen).
  • Headquarters in New York City; office presence likely (previously San Francisco but moved to NYC).

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