Lead AI Engineer
️ About Sierra Studio
Sierra Studio is an AI engineering studio and startup incubator – we turn our customers’ ideas into reality! We’re based in Los Angeles, but our teammates live all around the world. We create products across all areas of software — from web and mobile apps to cutting‑edge work at the forefront of AI and large language models.
About The Role
As a Lead AI Engineer, you’ll lead engineering for one or more AI initiatives at Sierra. You’ll architect the stack, prompt engineer LLMs to solve real world problems, and work with your teammates to do whatever it takes to ship great products. You’ll work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to take products from idea to production. As an early employee at a startup, you’ll also be part of creating our culture!
Here’s a taste of what you could do at Sierra!
Client projects: Work with a startup founder to build the MVP of their idea
Internal projects: Build an internal AI tool to transform our own workflows
Hiring: Help us grow our team and interview future candidates
Leadership: Mentor other engineers to level up our team
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for a lead engineer who has experience building great products with LLMs, whether that’s at work or on personal projects.
✨ LLMs & AI
You’ve built something cool with LLMs, whether it was for work or a personal project
Experience with prompt engineering, RAG, and agentic patterns
Experience building evals for LLM‑powered products
Growth mindset: Ability to quickly learn new skills in the AI space
Strong curiosity about AI and the impact of LLMs