📊 Data Scientist - Visa Sponsorship Available

This is a raw-talent hire at a fast-growing AI startup in the food retail and supply chain space. You’ll join a small, exceptionally high-calibre team and own a disproportionately large surface area of data science work from day one.

The role exists because the company is scaling rapidly and needs people who can produce at the level of an entire team. This is a zero-to-one environment — broad scope, shifting priorities, and a culture that moves fast. 🚀

📍 Berlin, Germany (Hybrid)  | 
💼 Full-time · Permanent  | 
💷 €70,000 – €110,000/yr  | 
✈️ EU Blue Card sponsorship available

🎯 What You’ll Do

• 🚀 Build and ship production-grade data science and ML systems end-to-end — from messy raw data to live outputs
• 🤖 Use agentic AI coding tools daily (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) to accelerate development and output
• 🔀 Work across modelling, engineering, and product in a zero-to-one environment where scope is broad and priorities shift fast
• 📈 Contribute to forecasting, optimisation, or other quantitative problem areas as the business scales
• ⚡ Operate with high autonomy and high accountability in a record-breaking-week-every-week culture

✅ What We’re Looking For

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 🎓 Quantitative degree, mathematics PhD, or equivalent rigour from a top-tier university
• 🤖 Daily hands-on use of agentic AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar — non-negotiable
• 🚀 Experience as an early employee (first 15 hires) at a startup, with a track record of operating in ambiguous, high-intensity environments
• 💻 Strong raw engineering or technical ability — backgrounds in ML engineering, software engineering, or founding engineer roles are equally welcome alongside data science titles
• 🔥 Demonstrably high output and drive — the ability to keep pushing through crunch periods matters more than any specific domain credential
• 📅 5+ years of relevant technical experience, or exceptional early-career signal in lieu of tenure

Preferred Qualifications (Bonus Points!)

• 🥬 No prior experience in retail or fresh produce required — domain knowledge will be developed on the job
• 🧠 Mathematics PhD or equivalent research rigour
• 🏗️ Founding engineer or first-15-hire startup background

🖥️ Working Conditions

• 🏢 Hybrid — Berlin, Germany
• ⚡ High-intensity, high-autonomy startup culture
• 🔄 Broad scope with shifting priorities in a zero-to-one environment
• 📚 Continuous learning — you’ll be expected to keep pace with evolving AI/ML tooling

🌍 Where You’ll Be Working — Berlin, Germany

✈️ Visa Sponsorship & Relocation Details

💷 Salary & Benefits

🎁 What Clera Offers You

• 💷 Competitive salary — €70,000 to €110,000 per year based on experience
• ✈️ EU Blue Card visa sponsorship — full support through the application process
• 🏠 Relocation support for candidates moving to Berlin
• 🚀 Disproportionately large ownership — you’ll own an entire team’s worth of surface area
• 🤖 Agentic AI-first culture — daily use of Claude Code, Cursor, and similar tools
• 📈 Career development in a fast-growing AI startup at the frontier of food retail & supply chain
• 🤝 Small, exceptionally high-calibre team — join as an early, high-impact hire

🏢 About Clera

Clera is a fast-growing AI startup operating at the intersection of food retail and supply chain. The company is scaling rapidly and building a small, exceptionally high-calibre team to solve quantitative problems across forecasting, optimisation, and beyond. If you thrive in ambiguous, high-intensity environments where output matters more than titles, Clera is the place to be.

📩 How to Apply