Engineering Manager

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead one or more project teams at Sierra — owning delivery end to end while staying close to the code. You’ll set technical direction, mentor and grow the engineers around you, and partner with product, design, and clients to ship products the team is proud of. This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll spend more of your time leading than a typical engineer, but you’ll still be in the codebase. As an early leader at a startup, you’ll also help shape our engineering culture and how we build.

Responsibilities

Own delivery of one or more client or internal projects, from scoping to shipping; Mentor engineers, give feedback, and help them level up; Architect solutions, review code, and jump in hands-on where it matters most; Help grow the team and interview future teammates; Work directly with founders and stakeholders to turn ideas into production products

Requirements

Experience leading project teams and owning delivery end to end; Track record of mentoring and growing engineers; Strong communication skills — you can align a team, manage stakeholders, and give clear feedback; Experience turning vague asks into phased plans a team can execute; Fluent communication in English, written and verbal; Hands-on senior engineer who leads by example and stays close to the code; Strong architecture and technical decision-making across a project’s stack; Ability to run and support multiple projects at the same time; Experience with prompt engineering, RAG, and agentic patterns; Backend experience in Python (e.g., FastAPI) or TypeScript; Growth mindset - ability to quickly learn new skills in the AI space; Uses AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.) to supercharge the team’s workflow

Nice to have

Experience building products with LLMs; Curiosity about new developments in AI; Experience partnering closely with product and design, and comfort shaping the 'what' alongside the 'how.'; Consulting or client-facing experience integrating new systems into enterprise-owned infrastructure; Comfort working through customer IT, security review, and change-management processes to get things live

Benefits

Fully remote; Flexible hours; Support work-life balance for teammates at every life stage; Space and tools to keep growing