Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• ▹Architect high-performance infrastructure for training models and simulations
• ▹Design and optimize custom, neuroscience-informed RL environments
• ▹Write clean, fast, production-grade code
• ▹Turn research prototypes into scalable production systems
• ▹Tackle technical bottlenecks from low-level to high-level design

Requirements

• ▹Clean, maintainable, well-tested code at a startup pace
• ▹Deep experience architecting complex systems from scratch
• ▹Adaptability to master new domains (e.g. neuroscience) quickly
• ▹Track record of tackling difficult engineering challenges (distributed systems, low-level optimization)

Soft skills

About the company

Astera is a private foundation aiming to accelerate the progress of science and technology, funding projects that operate like high-velocity startups.