Talent Operator
Clera
About this role
Talent Operator
Competitive salary + performance-based compensation · San Francisco, CA
Clera is building autonomous AI agents that recruit. Not chatbots. Not copilots. Agents that find candidates, write personalized outreach, handle conversations, qualify fit, and schedule interviews. End to end.
We raised a pre-seed from top investors and have been growing to marketplace scale (40K+ talents, hundreds of top startup customers). The AI works. Now we need operators to scale it and shape the agent as we grow.
You're not a recruiter. You're the human who makes autonomous recruiting actually work.
Our AI agents handle the volume: thousands of candidates sourced, messaged, and qualified every week. Your job is to supervise the agents, catch edge cases, step in for high-judgment moments, and close candidates that need a human touch. Think air traffic controller, not pilot.
This is a new type of role. You'll define what "AI-native recruiting operations" looks like as we scale.
Competitive base + uncapped performance-based compensation tied to placements. Top performers earn significantly more.
Equity (Performance-Based)
Equity is earned through results. After a successful 90-day performance window, top performers receive equity grants with potential for meaningful ownership as scope expands.
Benefits: Health insurance, visa sponsorship, hackerhouse in San Francisco.
This role is a proving ground. Strong performers can move into:
Growth paths aren't promised. They're unlocked through consistent execution and demonstrated judgment.
Prior recruiting experience is a plus but not required. We care more about judgment, adaptability, and comfort with AI.
Fast and straightforward. We don't waste your time.
About Clera
Clera is the agentic recruiting marketplace that activates the 75% of candidates who never apply. We're a fast-growing AI startup rethinking how top talent and companies find each other—solving the market's core problem of irrelevant matches through a talent-first approach. Rather than waiting for applications, our AI agents proactively connect passive candidates with leading companies like Luminai, Windsurf, and Mintlify, coaching them through the journey to actually get hired. We raised a large pre-seed round to tackle this challenge at scale.
Join the team
Cracked team of operators and ex-founders who moved together to a hackerhouse to go all-in and provide some real impact. You'll work directly with the founders:
• Sebastian (CEO) — Built two consumer marketplaces to 15K users, first at 17. Saw firsthand the value human recruiters provide.
• Daniel (CTO) — Head of Engineering at HR scale-up Lofino (acquired), led 15 engineers. Serial builder — first startup at 18, then a VC-backed marketplace.
• Alexander (COO) — Scaled a Series A messenger startup to €10M ARR as Chief of Staff. Led recruiting (80 FTEs) and growth.