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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Astera Institute
- **Location:** Emeryville, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Reverse Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-software-engineer-ca--8dd165c6-a096-4129-9e5b-08939048c6d8

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Risk, Startup, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Software Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Neuroscience, Prototyping, Production Systems, Systems Scalability, * High-Velocity Craftsmanship: You produce clean, maintainable, and well-tested code at a startup pace. You know how to balance engineering rigor with the need to iterate quickly on research prototypes.

 * System Architecture Intuition: You have deep experience architecting complex systems from scratch. You understand the trade-offs, and you can design infrastructure that survives the chaos of research.
 * Extreme Adaptability: You might be an expert in distributed systems today, but you are ready to become a novice in neuroscience tomorrow. You have a track record of diving into complex domains and mastering them quickly.
 * Mastery of Hard Problems: You have a track record of tackling difficult engineering challenges, whether it is massive scale distributed systems or low-level optimization. You do not shy away from what your peers consider hardcore.

## Description

We are looking for an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to help us reverse-engineer the human brain.

This role spans a broad spectrum of activities:

 * 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 our research velocity.
 * Turn research prototypes into scalable production systems.
 * Tackle any technical bottleneck, from low-level optimization to high-level system design, to unblock the research team.