Agent Engineer, TLM

About the role

Lead the design and delivery of production-grade AI agents: You’ll manage and grow a team of engineers building highly performant, reliable, and intuitive AI agents that are central, mission-critical, and directly drive Sierra’s growth.

Responsibilities

• Own the Agent Development Life Cycle (ADLC)
• Partner with large enterprises and cutting-edge startups
• Shape the future of the platform

Requirements

• Experience leading engineering teams that build and scale end-to-end production systems
• Strong technical problem-solving skills and the ability to guide teams through ambiguous, fast-changing environments
• A leadership style that blends high standards with empathy, fostering both speed and quality
• Proven ability to work closely with customers and translate business needs into technical deliverables
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience building or deploying AI/LLM systems in production
• Background as a founder, engineering lead, or startup builder with high ownership and urgency
• Familiarity with tools for today’s AI agents: eval frameworks, agent tooling, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering
• Experience with React, TypeScript, and/or Go
• Experience interfacing with customers or leading technical projects with external stakeholders

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Even better... AI-related experience (experience developing AI agents a plus)

Skills

• Trust: Build trust with customers and AI by making it more accessible, safe, and useful
• Customer Obsession: Understand customers' business goals and drive outcomes
• Craftsmanship: Get details right, from the words on the page to the system architecture
• Intensity: Play to win, fix failures openly, and succeed the next time
• Family: Support and respect each other, celebrate achievements, and be the best tech company for parents

Benefits

• Flexible (unlimited) paid time off
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Retirement plan dependent on country of employment
• Parental leave
• Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
• Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee to keep you energized
• Discretionary benefit stipend

Pay

• Details on pay are confidential but competitive for the industry

Schedule

• Full-time position