Senior Software Engineer

About the Company

Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. Unlike traditional non-profit research organizations, Astera funds and operates projects like high-velocity startups, allowing us to focus on ambitious goals and attract strong technical talent.

Responsibilities

• Architect high-performance infrastructure for training large-scale models and running complex simulations
• Design and optimize custom RL environments informed by neuroscience
• Write clean, fast, production-grade code that boosts research velocity
• Turn research prototypes into scalable production systems
• Tackle technical bottlenecks ranging from low-level optimization to high-level system design

Requirements

• High-velocity craftsmanship with clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Deep experience architecting complex systems from scratch
• Ability to balance engineering rigor with rapid iteration on research prototypes
• Extreme adaptability to master complex new domains like neuroscience
• Proven track record of tackling difficult engineering challenges such as massive scale distributed systems or low-level optimization