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STARTmunich e.V

Founder Associate

STARTmunich e.V, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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About this role About Clera Clera is a fast-growing AI start‑up rethinking how top talent finds their next dream job. We work with leading VC‑backed startups like Mintlify, Luminai, and Windsurf—many in AI.

We believe recruiting should be talent‑first: making it easy to connect with the right companies, get coached through the process, and actually get hired. By automating and optimizing workflows within the $600B global headhunting industry, we aim to dramatically enhance outcomes for both candidates and companies. This is a massive opportunity.

Your Mission We’re experiencing rapid growth, with hundreds of exceptional candidates approaching us daily. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring these candidates enjoy an outstanding experience and get connected to career‑defining opportunities at some of the most elite startups globally. This is a true 0 -> 1 operator seat next to the founding team. You’ll work across product, growth, operations, and key partnerships—whatever drives the company forward fastest. If you want a role that feels like building your own company with a head start, this is it. You’ll drive high‑leverage projects end‑to‑end, learn how high‑performance early‑stage teams make decisions, and help shape the foundation of a category‑defining platform.

What you’ll own

You’ll take ownership of ambiguous, high‑impact problems such as:

Founder‑priority projects:

from new market initiatives to strategy and execution

Candidate experience + funnel:

improve conversion, quality, and outcomes

Ops & systems:

design scalable processes that keep up with rapid growth

Go‑to‑market support:

help refine messaging, experiments, and partnerships

Product feedback loops:

translate real‑world candidate and company needs into actionable product priorities

You'll likely thrive here if you want:

Fast track to becoming a founder, GM (within Clera or outside), or early exec

Real ownership—not "helping," but driving outcomes

Team that values speed, sharp thinking, and high standards

The energy of building in‑person alongside a small, ambitious core in San Francisco

Intensely non‑remote & hardcore

Current set‑up:

Working & living together from hacker house

soon:

San Francisco

Live & build with a small founding team

Zero commute , 10× feedback loops, strong team bonding

Intense, extremely productive and fun when the team lives and works together in the same Airbnb

If you thrive in fast‑moving environments, enjoy owning complex workflows, and are motivated by real outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

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 hacker house 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.

Employee benefits

Competitive salary + equity

Flexible hours

Health insurance

Learning budget

Hacker house

Work with a team of A‑players

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