Sierra

Software Engineer, Agent - Public Sector

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San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior

Base Salary

$180k - $390k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build production-grade AI agents for federal and state government institutions.
  • Work directly with public servants and institutions to understand urgent needs, workflows, and opportunities for impact.
  • Contribute to the public sector team’s capture motion, market strategy, and scalable product components.
  • Prototype tools and features and collaborate with research, product, and platform teams to evolve Sierra’s AI agent platform.

Requirements

  • Full-stack software development skills and familiarity with AI development processes.
  • Passion for public sector work and belief in the potential of government institutions to improve constituent outcomes.
  • Comfort working directly with customers and coordinating with public servants to solve real-world problems.
  • Experience building conversational or long-horizon agents using proprietary or open-source frameworks is preferred.
  • A track record of working effectively amid ambiguity, such as on a founding team, a new enterprise initiative, or in forward-deployed engineering, is preferred.
  • Prior understanding of government procurement, regulation, and partnership models is preferred.

Benefits

  • Flexible unlimited paid time off.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits for employees and families.
  • Retirement plan dependent on country of employment.
  • Parental leave and fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot.
  • Lunch, snacks, and coffee provided.
  • Discretionary benefit stipend.
  • Free alphorn lessons.
  • Full-time employee benefits may vary by region; the company is primarily in-person in San Francisco with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.

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About Sierra

201-500 employees

Sierra helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI.