About Sierra Studio

When you apply to Sierra, you join an ecosystem. We specialize in connecting talented Brazilian professionals with exciting career opportunities in a highly-vetted small community of growing companies in the US. Applying to Sierra seamlessly integrates you into this ecosystem, granting automatic eligibility for all relevant opportunities we offer.

About our hiring partner

Our hiring partner is building the modern platform for lab testing, starting with consumer goods brands. They help companies test more cheaply and quickly, and enable them to use lab results to automate regulatory compliance and grow revenue.

They believe consumers deserve to know the purity and accuracy of every product that affects their families' health. Improving our food system starts with increasing transparency and creating a more informed customer. Not only are they building a lab that makes testing faster, cheaper, and easier, but also the infrastructure that allows brands to:

- Market and highlight their lab results by making it easy to push lab data directly to product display pages. Here, brands will highlight what's in their product (active ingredients + they meet their claims) and what's not in their product (heavy metals, environmental toxins, PFAs, etc)

- Automatically comply with regulations like Prop 65, CA AB 899, Amazon testing requirements, etc.

By integrating the full experience – from testing to the data sharing with customers – they're building a more efficient and streamlined process. Brands can now differentiate themselves and become the no-brainer choice in their category through testing and great transparency.

They're a team of experienced founders that have raised $12M from top VCs (8VC and Valor), with top CPG founders and strategics also coming into the round. Whether you're lab tech, engineer, sales, marketing, or customer support, you'll have a seat at the table as they work to increase transparency in the food system.

Role Overview

As an early software engineer, you will be instrumental in building out the software platform to manage all lab testing. You'll have agency to design and implement a modern software platform to help some of the world's most impactful brands manage lab testing and compliance.

Responsibilities

- Build a modern SaaS platform to help CPG brands and manufacturers manage lab testing and compliance

- Play a critical role from the start, working alongside the founding engineer and customers to build and refine the platform

- Leverage your expertise in systems architecture to evaluate technical trade-offs and make informed decisions

- Implement security best practices to safeguard data and application integrity

Requirements

- Experienced full stack engineer (4+ YOE) with strong proficiency in Ruby on Rails, Turbo/Stimulus (as they are using Stimulus on their application-side), Tailwind CSS, and PostgreSQL

- Experience with React is a plus

- Bias to action - this is early stage 0 to 1 execution

- Bonus points if you're comfortable with UI/UX best practices and working closely with design teams

- Mission alignment is critical: looking for folks who are excited about bringing transparency to our food system

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of seeing the big picture and solving problems autonomously

- Previous experience in a developer role in high growth startups

Values

First Principles

- Looking for team members who can deal with ambiguity, deconstruct problems, and build the optimal solution

- Question every requirement → Delete any part or process you can → Simplify and optimize → Accelerate cycle time → Automate

Standard of Excellence

- High standards are contagious. A+ talent attracts A+ talent

- There's a glut of mediocrity in the world. They're chasing after the products and people that strive for excellence

Bias for Action

- Take initiative, make decisions quickly, and have a willingness to experiment and learn from failures

- Customer expectations are not static. They rise over time, which means we have to continuously improve every single day

Low Ego

- Coachability; it's not about being right, it's about getting to the right answer

- Reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback, and has a "feedback is an opportunity for information and improvement" mindset

- Respectfully challenges decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable. Once a decision is made, even if you still disagree, commit wholly and move forward

Salaray Range

60-100K USD annually

To make sure it's a great fit, every new hire at this company starts with a paid 3–4 week trial focused on a clearly scoped, high-impact project (part-time). As a senior engineer, you'll jump right into meaningful, self-directed work—taking ownership over architecture decisions, implementing critical features, and helping shape the product from the outset. You'll have dedicated check-ins to receive feedback, discuss progress, and align expectations. This hands-on trial helps both of us confidently assess whether there's strong alignment on technical approach, autonomy, and long-term fit.