Sierra Studio - Engineering Manager

Remote - USA$80k - $120k3w ago

Remote Staff NA Engineering Manager Tech Lead Team Management Team Leadership Mentoring Python FastAPI

Requirements

• We’re looking for an experienced tech lead ready to step fully into engineering management — someone with strong technical judgment and the communication and people skills to lead a team. You don’t need to have “Manager” in your current title; what matters is that you’ve led the direction of projects and the people on them. • If you’re excited about this role but don’t check every single box, we’d love to see your application anyway. • 🧞 Leadership & management • 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 (our clients are US-based) • 💻 Technical depth • 💻 Technical depth • You’re still hands-on — a 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: Either Python (e.g. FastAPI) or TypeScript experience • 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

Benefits

• At Sierra Studio, we believe in nurturing talent and creating good vibes at work. We seek inclusion and embrace our differences. We’re all about “growth mindset”, and we look to magnify our strengths, take chances, and always learn from our mistakes. We don’t fit our teammates into boxes, and instead we understand that each person has their own unique set of skills that they bring to the table. If you join us, we’ll embrace who you are today, and give you the space and tools to keep growing. • Your exact compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors that reflect your individual qualifications and how they align with the needs of the role.