Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

The role

An EIR leads client projects and is encouraged to start a new business leveraging Sierra's resources and ecosystem. You will also be involved with building the company AI First.

What you will do

• Lead client projects
• Start a new business leveraging resources and ecosystem
• Build the company AI First
• Gain exposure to a variety of domains and technologies
• Identify recurring patterns and unmet needs across industries
• Develop Sierra's internal AI Roadmap
• Contribute to the design and iteration of early-stage AI products

Required qualifications

• High curiosity and fast learning ability
• Strong systems thinking
• Clear communicator across ideas and execution
• Emotionally intelligent and low ego
• Background in engineering, product, or an industry domain
• Deep understanding of (or excitement about) AI-first thinking

Nice to have

• Strong product sense or design chops
• Solid coding or architecture experience
• Experience with ML, LLMs, or data science
• A personal brand or strong professional network
• Experience as a 2nd+ time founder

Benefits

• Entrepreneurship is institutionally encouraged and fostered
• Work with a high-agency and low-ego team
• Openly collaborate on incubation
• Founding stake in your business
• Equity in Sierra includes a stake in services business and a small amount of every company incubated

About the company

Sierra is an AI First engineering studio and tech incubator. They turn customers' ideas into reality and are based in Los Angeles.