Sierra · 3 months ago
Software Engineer, Agent (New Grad)
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$175K/yr - $185K/yrSierra is a company dedicated to enhancing customer experiences through AI technology. They are looking for a Software Engineer, Agent (New Grad) to design and deliver production-grade AI agents, oversee the Agent Development Life Cycle, and collaborate with large enterprises to address their business challenges.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Responsibilities
Design and deliver production-grade AI agents: You'll build and ship highly performant, reliable, and intuitive AI agents that are central, mission-critical and drive revenue directly to Sierra's growth. These aren't prototypes—they are powerful, scalable systems running in production environments across industries like finance, healthcare, and commerce
Drive the Agent Development Life Cycle (ADLC): You'll have complete ownership and autonomy from initial pilot through deployment and continuous iteration. You'll be responsible for building, tuning, and evolving AI agents in production environments, defining the standard for ADLC best practices along the way
Partner with large enterprises and cutting-edge startups: You’ll work directly with leaders at some of the world’s largest enterprises to understand their most pressing business challenges, and build AI agents that transform how they operate at scale. You'll also partner with the most cutting-edge startups in Silicon Valley, embedding AI agents across their entire business stack to drive innovation and efficiency
Build the future of the platform: Your direct work with customers will guide the evolution of Sierra's core platform. You'll surface unmet needs, prototype new tools and features, and collaborate with research, product, and platform to shape the future of AI agent development and Sierra's product
Design and build AI agents for large telecommunications and media companies that consistently outperform human agents in managing subscription churn
Develop and refine AI agents capable of navigating complex customer interactions, like troubleshooting a broken device and personalizing product recommendations
Create generalizable AI agent frameworks tailored for industry-specific use cases
Facilitate design partnerships for new product initiatives, such as new agent architectures, self-service capabilities, and generative agent development
Experiment with the latest voice models and figure out how to integrate them at scale to enterprise-grade customers
Qualification
Required
Experience building and scaling end-to-end production systems
Strong technical problem-solving skills, especially in fast-changing, ambiguous environments
A builder and tinkerer's mindset with high agency - you find creative ways to overcome obstacles and ship
Comfort working directly with customers to understand their needs and solve real-world problems
Excellent communication skills - clear, direct, and persuasive across technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred
Experience building or deploying AI/LLM systems in production
Have been a founder or founding engineer - you know what it means to balance craft, ownership, and speed
Familiarity with tools that power today's AI agents: eval frameworks, agent tooling, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering
Prior experience with React, TypeScript, and/or Go
Previous roles where you interfaced with customers or led 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 (e.g., 401K, pension) with Sierra match
Parental Leave
Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee to keep you energized
Discretionary Benefit Stipend giving people the ability to spend where it matters most
Free alphorn lessons
Company
Sierra
Sierra provides a platform that builds and manages conversational AI agents for customer experiences.
Founded in 2023
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$635MKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundGreenoaks
2025-12-04Series Unknown
2025-09-04Series Unknown· $350M
2024-10-28Series Unknown· $175M
Leadership Team
Bret Taylor
Co-Founder
Recent News
2025-12-15
2025-12-09
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