Job Title: Lead Full Stack Engineer
🏔️ About Sierra Studio
Sierra Studio is an innovative product development firm dedicated to empowering founders and business leaders in their quest to create impactful, meaningful products. We have a relentless commitment to creating world-class user experiences built on sound technical foundations. As a company created by a Venture Studio in Los Angeles, we foster a culture of innovation and experimentation, offering our team members the unique opportunity to be part of ideating, validating, and launching new companies.
At Sierra, we value diversity and care deeply about the people we work with, knowing that building high-trust relationships is the key to long-term success.
💼 About The Role
As a Lead Engineer, you will provide strategic technical leadership across our software stack. You will work cross-functionally with product managers and engineers to architect, plan and develop robust full stack solutions. As an early employee of a growing company, you will also be responsible for co-creating our culture and core business processes.
🚀 What You’ll Do
Lead end-to-end development – Oversee the entire product lifecycle from initial idea to launch, ensuring a cohesive flow from backend to frontend.
Craft high-quality code – Produce clear and efficient code, actively engage in code reviews, and champion technological excellence.
Write tech specs – Translate business needs into creative and technically robust solutions.
Engage with clients – Collaborate closely with clients and product owners, transforming their visions into technical realities.
Document thoroughly – Create comprehensive technical documentation, simplifying the onboarding process for newcomers.
Refine best practices – Proactively seek and implement improvements in engineering and organizational workflows.
Manage and mentor a team of engineers - Provide technical guidance, coaching, and career development. Advocate for the team's needs.
Drive engineering planning and processes - Lead sprint planning, effort estimation, capacity planning, and release management.
Architect and evolve the overall stack - Guide technology decisions and stack improvements; anticipate scaling challenges.
🔎 What We’re Looking For
5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 1 year in a lead role
Frontend experience: TypeScript, React
Backend experience: TypeScript or Python, Node.js or FastAPI
Experience with databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, etc)
Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, CircleCI, Github Actions, etc)
Growth mindset: able to quickly learn new languages, frameworks, and more
Strong written and verbal communicator in English
Bonus skills:
Experience using AI tools for accelerated development (e.g. Cursor)
Experience building products using Generative AI / LLMs (e.g. using OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, prompt engineering, RAG, finetuning, etc)
👤 Who We’re Looking For
We seek a self-motivated individual with a proactive attitude. We try to keep our egos out of the workplace, so we are looking for someone who values learning and doesn’t mind being wrong. Given our fast-paced and dynamic environment, excellent upfront communication skills are a must for this role. The ideal candidate should possess the drive to complete tasks with minimal supervision and be able to articulate technical concepts clearly.
💡 Why join us?
At Sierra Studio, we believe in nurturing talent and cultivating a good vibe in our workplace. We seek inclusion and embrace our differences. Our goal is to empower the world around us, and that starts by empowering each other. We’re all about “growth mindset”, and we look to magnify our strengths, take chances, and always learn from our mistakes. We don’t try to fit our teammates into boxes, and instead we understand that each person has their own unique set of skills and values 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.
