# Senior Backend Engineer - Company: [Clera]() - Location: Munich - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Salary: $110K – $200K - Posted: August 26, 2026 ## Job description ### About the Role This is a senior backend engineering role at an early-stage, Y Combinator–backed AI supply chain startup focused on the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) sector. You'll join a small, fast-moving engineering team in Munich to own the backend systems that power an AI-driven supply chain manager — turning the messy, real-world flow of physical goods into programmable, reliable, and scalable software. ### What You'll Do * Design and implement backend systems that drive AI-powered supply chain planning and execution decisions. * Architect data models and pipelines to ingest and organize complex, unstructured real-world data. * Ensure user requests and supply chain plans are processed in real time with high reliability. * Build scalable, high-performance SQL queries and data access patterns across large datasets. * Ship production-grade services using modern backend frameworks and testing best practices. * Collaborate closely with the core product and engineering team to translate logistics operations into software. * Operate and improve deployment and runbook processes to maintain 24/7 system uptime. ### What We're Looking For * 5+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer with a strong track record of shipping real products. * Hands-on proficiency with Python and modern backend frameworks such as FastAPI, and testing tools like pytest. * Strong SQL skills, including writing high-performance queries over millions of data points. * Experience designing scalable data architectures and owning backend systems end-to-end, including real-time request processing. * Comfort managing and organizing messy, unstructured real-world data at scale. * Experience with AI-assisted code generation and management tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex), including parallelizing instances for continuous operation. * Solid system design instincts with the ability to work autonomously and make sound engineering trade-offs. * Familiarity with unstructured data ingestion systems, DevOps practices, and AWS. * Exposure to frontend frameworks and their testing is a plus. ### Compensation & Benefits Salary range: **$110,000 – $200,000 USD annually**. Visa sponsorship is available. ### Location On-site in **Munich, Germany**. ## Apply [Apply on Clera]() Canonical job page: