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Software Engineer, Agent Runtime

Sierra · San Francisco, CA

Software Engineer, Agent Runtime is open at Sierra in San Francisco, CA. The posting gives a salary of $230K - $390K. Posted on Oct 22, 2026, and still on Sierra’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.

About the role

Build the core systems that power agents. You’ll work on the Agent SDK — the orchestration engine, runtime, and primitives that define how agents reason, take actions, and interact with users and systems. - Design the agentic loop. What primitives do we need to build agents that are steerable and verifiable, while still conversational and adaptive? You’ll help define how agents operate in real-world environments. -…

The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Sierra’s careers page.

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