Sierra
Technology
SoftwareEngineer,AgentDataPlatform
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“Software Engineer, Agent Data Platform at Sierra. Skills: Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Product Engineering, AI Products. Architect core platform. Build core platform”
What You'll Achieve.
Make AI agents smarter; Turn conversations into outcomes
Industry & Context.
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4-7+ years hands-on development experience, Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Nice to Have
Deep experience with event streaming platforms, Experience with modern data visualization libraries, Production experience with recommender systems, Track record of leading complex technical projects, Mentoring other engineers
What You'll Do.
Architect core platform
Build real-time eventing infrastructure
Build streaming ETL pipelines
Build batch ETL pipelines
Own systems for OLAP querying
Own systems for orchestration
Own systems for experimentation
Develop agent memory systems
Implement optimization loops
Personalize interactions
Lift business outcomes
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Full-stack data team; Cross-functional teams
Full Job Description
ABOUT US - At Sierra, we’re creating a platform to help businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices in Atlanta, New York, London, Paris, Madrid, Munich, Singapore, Japan, and Sydney. - We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Family. These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do. - Our co-founders are Bret Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor/ and Clay Bavor https://www.linkedin.com/in/claybavor/. Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI. Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook. Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps. Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs. Earlier, he started and led Google’s AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that, Clay led the product and design teams for Google Workspace. WHAT YOU'LL DO You’ll join a full-stack data team building the systems making our AI agents measurably smarter with every interaction, building the real-time pipelines, analytics products, and deep personalization primitives that turn millions of conversations into business outcomes. You’ll work across these areas: - Data Foundations: Architect and build our core platform to handle data at scale with low latency. This includes our real-time eventing infrastructure, streaming and batch ETL pipelines, and our Iceberg-based data lakehouse. You will own the systems for interactive OLAP querying, orchestration, and experimentation, ensuring our data is trustworthy, fast, and easy to use for the entire organization. - Memory & Personalization: Power the next generation of intelligent experiences. You will develo
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