Software Engineer, Agent - Public Sector

The role

You will design and build production-grade AI agents for Federal and state government institutions. You will partner with industry leadership to scale the public sector team and work with customers to identify novel opportunities and guide platform evolution.

What you will do

• Design and build production-grade AI agents for government institutions at the Federal and state level.
• Partner closely with industry leadership to build the public sector team.
• Work with institutions to understand urgent needs and identify novel opportunities.
• Build the future of the platform by surfacing unmet needs and prototyping new tools.
• Collaborate with research, product, and platform to shape AI agent development.
• Coordinate directly with public servants at partners to understand workflows.

Required qualifications

• Full stack software development skills
• Familiarity with AI development processes
• A passion for public sector work
• Comfort working directly with customers to understand their needs and solve real-world problems

Nice to have

• Experience building conversational or long-horizon agents using proprietary or open source frameworks
• Demonstrated track record of ambiguity
• A prior understanding of government work and its complexities, including procurement, regulation, and patterns of partnership

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, 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 co-founded by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor. The company is primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco.