Senior Engineer (AI / Robotics / R&D), In-Home Care AI

United States. Posted a month ago

The role

This person will write production and prototype code, build MVPs, and conduct R&D experiments. They will provide technical validation and act as a technical reference for the CEO and business stakeholders.

What you will do

Write production and prototype code across the stack
Stand up MVPs and working demos fast
Build internal tools and lightweight automation
Ship integrations with devices, sensors, and third-party services
Turn open technical questions into working evidence
Run end to end experiments including scoping, building, and measuring
Experiment with robotics hands-on
Evaluate build vs. buy vs. integrate decisions
Answer technical questions from the CEO and business side
Give leadership reads on feasibility, effort, and risk

Required qualifications

5+ years building software professionally
Strong hands-on engineering skills
Practical AI/ML fluency with LLMs, speech, or perception systems
Experience taking a product from zero to a working first version
Excellent written and verbal communication
Autonomy and ownership
Strong testing and QA discipline
Based in the Los Angeles area (or willing to relocate)
Able to work on-site in Culver City
Authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Nice to have

Experience with robotics, humanoids, embodied AI, or IoT and connected devices
Comfort with hardware-adjacent work: edge deployment, audio pipelines, sensors, on-device inference
Experience working alongside distributed engineering teams
Early-stage startup background
Product instinct
Background in a technical discipline (CS, engineering) or equivalent self-taught technical depth

About the company

Sierra Studio is an AI engineering and talent company that partners with a small, highly vetted group of growing companies. Their hiring partner is a mission-driven technology startup transforming the way in-home care is delivered through innovative AI solutions.