Sierra Club

Software Engineer, Agent Builder

Sierra Club • $120K — $160K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of hands-on experience building production products and systems.
  • Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Comfortable with building full-stack solutions.
  • Motivated and high-agency to drive outcomes in a high-autonomy culture.
  • Alignment to company values of Craftsmanship, Customer Obsession, and Competitive Intensity.

Responsibilities

  • Craft a simulation platform to assess AI agents against diverse real-world scenarios.
  • Develop no-code tools for intuitive content management to guide and test AI agents.
  • Adapt traditional software development practices for the AI agent development lifecycle.
  • Accelerate agent creation using generative tools and methodologies for self-improvement.
  • Implement systems based on real-world interactions and customer feedback.

Benefits

  • Flexible (unlimited) paid time off
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their families
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan based on country of employment
  • Parental leave
  • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
  • Free lunch, snacks, and coffee to support wellbeing
  • Discretionary stipend for personal spending
  • Unique offering of free alphorn lessons
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Simulation & Benchmarking: How can we craft a simulation platform to test AI agents against every real-world scenario imaginable? (See 𝜏-Bench)
  • Content Management: How do we create intuitive, no-code tools that allow anyone to guide and test AI agents?
  • Agent Development Lifecycle: How do we adapt traditional software development methodologies to accommodate AI agents' non-deterministic behavior, natural language interactions, and reliance on large language models? (See Sierra's ADLC)
  • Generative Agent Development: How do we accelerate agent creation using generative tools like Cursor and Claude Code? Can we build self-improving systems based on real-world interactions, customer-driven feedback, and self-play?
What you'll bring
  • A passion for being on the frontier of AI products.
  • Motivation and high-agency to drive outcomes - we have a high-autonomy culture and each team member has lots of agency to overcome obstacles and achieve customer impact.
  • Alignment to our company values throughout your work, notably finding a balance between Craftsmanship, Customer Obsession, and Competitive Intensity.
  • 4+ years hands-on experience building production products and systems.
  • Experience and comfort to build and ship full-stack solutions.
  • Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Even better...
  • Experience building AI-powered products.
  • A sharp eye for design.
  • Experience with Go and Typescript.
  • Experience building developer tooling, programming languages, or databases.
  • Leadership experience on technical projects or teams.
What we offer

We want our benefits to reflect our values and offer the following to full-time employees:
  • 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 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

About Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental conservation. It was founded in 1892 by John Muir and is one of the oldest and largest environmental organizations in the United States. The organization has over 3.8 million members and supporters and is dedicated to protecting the planet's natural resources and wildlife. The Sierra Club engages in a variety of activities, including lobbying for environmental legislation, organizing outdoor activities, and publishing a magazine. The organization is headquartered in Oakland, California.
Learn more about Sierra Club
Size
800 employees
Industry
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Founded
1892
* Ladders Estimates

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