# Software Engineer, Inference at Sierra

- Company: Sierra
- What the company does: Sierra helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://sierra.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $230K to $390K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-05
- Apply by: 2026-11-19
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sierra/b8666a78-fcb1-47bb-ad07-5edb6cd3ad71?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/sierra-software-engineer-inference/

## About the role

Sierra’s AI agents depend on foundation models to reason and act in real time. The Inference team builds the systems that make those models fast, reliable, and efficient at scale. As a Software Engineer on Inference, you’ll help define Sierra’s inference architecture across both self-hosted models and third-party inference providers. You’ll work on the systems responsible for serving and routing inference, managing capacity and quota, and optimizing for latency, reliability, and cost. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

Tags: Engineering

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