Software Engineer, Agent - Public Sector

Responsibilities

• Design and build production-grade AI agents for federal and state government institutions.
• Work directly with public servants and institutions to understand urgent needs, workflows, and opportunities for impact.
• Contribute to the public sector team’s capture motion, market strategy, and scalable product components.
• Prototype tools and features and collaborate with research, product, and platform teams to evolve Sierra’s AI agent platform.

Requirements

• Full-stack software development skills and familiarity with AI development processes.
• Passion for public sector work and belief in the potential of government institutions to improve constituent outcomes.
• Comfort working directly with customers and coordinating with public servants to solve real-world problems.
• Experience building conversational or long-horizon agents using proprietary or open-source frameworks is preferred.
• A track record of working effectively amid ambiguity, such as on a founding team, a new enterprise initiative, or in forward-deployed engineering, is preferred.
• Prior understanding of government procurement, regulation, and partnership models is preferred.

Benefits

• Flexible unlimited paid time off.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits for employees and families.
• Retirement plan dependent on country of employment.
• Parental leave and fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot.
• Lunch, snacks, and coffee provided.
• Discretionary benefit stipend.
• Free alphorn lessons.
• Full-time employee benefits may vary by region; the company is primarily in-person in San Francisco with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.