Staff Software Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Define and architect high-performance infrastructure for training and simulation
• ▹Design and optimize custom, neuroscience-informed RL environments
• ▹Set the standard for clean, production-grade code across the team
• ▹Turn research prototypes into scalable production systems
• ▹Resolve systemic technical bottlenecks at a strategic level

Requirements

• ▹Proven track record of clean, maintainable, well-tested code
• ▹Proven success architecting complex systems from scratch
• ▹Adaptability to master new domains quickly and guide others
• ▹Track record leading resolution of difficult engineering challenges (distributed systems, kernel-level optimization)

Soft skills

About the company

Astera is a research institute with a $2.5B endowment pursuing a neuroscience-informed approach to engineering AGI.