Engineering Manager, Agent

The role

You will lead and grow an engineering team to design and deliver production-grade AI agents. You will own the Agent Development Life Cycle and collaborate with large enterprises and startups to shape the core platform.

What you will do

• Lead the design and delivery of production-grade AI agents
• Manage and grow a team of engineers
• Own the Agent Development Life Cycle
• Coach engineers to set and maintain ADLC best practices
• Partner with large enterprises and cutting-edge startups
• Shape the future of the platform by surfacing unmet needs

Required qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams that build and scale end-to-end production systems
• Strong technical problem-solving skills
• Ability to guide teams through ambiguous, fast-changing environments
• Leadership style that blends high standards with empathy
• Ability to work closely with customers and translate business needs into technical deliverables
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience

Nice to have

• AI-related experience (experience developing AI agents a plus)
• Experience building or deploying AI/LLM systems in production
• Background as a founder, engineering lead, or startup builder
• Familiarity with tools for today’s AI agents: eval frameworks, agent tooling, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering
• Prior experience with React, TypeScript, and/or Go
• Experience interfacing with customers or leading technical projects with external stakeholders

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
• Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee when working onsite
• Discretionary benefit stipend
• Free alphorn lessons
• Equity plans for eligible full-time employees

About the company

Sierra is a platform for customer-facing AI agents working with large brands. It is an in-person company based in San Francisco.