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Software Engineer, Agent Runtime

Sierra

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Location
San Francisco, CA
Track
AI Agent Engineer
Salary
$230K–$390K / yr
Posted
March 27, 2026
Source
Ashby

Job description

What you'll do

  • Build the core systems that power agents. You’ll work on the Agent SDK — the orchestration engine, runtime, and primitives that define how agents reason, take actions, and interact with users and systems.
  • Design the agentic loop. What primitives do we need to build agents that are steerable and verifiable, while still conversational and adaptive? You’ll help define how agents operate in real-world environments.
  • Improve retrieval and grounding. You’ll build systems that ensure agents provide accurate, trustworthy responses by effectively retrieving and using knowledge.
  • Build evaluation systems. You’ll design frameworks that allow us and our customers to measure and improve agent quality over time.

What you'll bring

  • A passion for being on the frontier of AI products.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production systems.
  • Motivation and high-agency to drive outcomes in a high-autonomy culture.
  • 4+ years hands-on experience building production products and systems.
  • Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Even better

  • Experience building AI-powered systems or agent frameworks.
  • Experience with retrieval, evaluation systems, or LLM-based applications.
  • Experience building developer platforms or SDKs.
  • Experience with Go and Typescript.

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