Description
Astera is seeking an ambitious Staff Software Engineer to join their Obelisk AI research program. The role involves defining and architecting high-performance infrastructure for training large-scale models and running complex simulations, designing and optimizing custom reinforcement learning environments informed by neuroscience, setting standards for clean and fast production-grade code, turning research prototypes into scalable systems, and tackling systemic technical bottlenecks. The ideal candidate will possess high-velocity craftsmanship, strong system architecture intuition, extreme adaptability across diverse domains, and mastery over challenging engineering problems.
