Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript)

San Francisco on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 18, 2026 Last posted March 18, 2026
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, 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

Compensation (from employer):
Founding Engineer: $250K – $350K • 0.25% – 0.5%

About this role

Summary

Build and scale multi-modal AI tools, optimize fullstack applications, and design performant database schemas.

Job title

Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript)

Experience level

top engineer

Industry

software

Location requirements

on-site in San Francisco, living within a block, housing provided

Salary

Foundational Engineer: $250K – $350K

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

typescriptreactelectrondatabase designscaling infrastructure

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

fullstacktypescriptreactelectroninfra
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Francisco, CA, USA

On-site City