Staff Software Engineer

Core responsibilities:

• Define and architect high-performance infrastructure for training large-scale models and running complex simulations
• Design and optimize custom RL environments informed by neuroscience
• Set the standard for clean, fast, production-grade code that boosts research velocity
• Turn research prototypes into scalable production systems and tackle systemic technical bottlenecks

This role helps reverse-engineer the human brain through AI research, contributing to Astera's mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future for all by pursuing neuroscience-informed AGI development.

Required qualifications:

• High-velocity craftsmanship with clean, maintainable, well-tested code at startup pace
• Proven success architecting complex systems from scratch with understanding of long-term trade-offs
• Extreme adaptability to dive into complex domains like neuroscience and master them quickly
• Track record of leading resolution of difficult engineering challenges including distributed systems and kernel-level optimization

No specific benefits, compensation, or perks mentioned in the posting.