Staff Software Engineer
remotestaff$200K – $500K
via Ashby
About this role
ABOUT ASTERA
Astera is a private foundation with a $2.5B endowment on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future for all. Unlike traditional foundations, we operate like a high-velocity startup with unprecedented access to computational resources and complete freedom from funding pressures or profit motives. This allows us to focus on ambitious goals and attract incredibly creative scientists and engineers from leading academic institutions and from frontier AI labs.
Neuro-AI is our large-scale AI research program, pursuing a neuroscience-informed approach to engineering AGI. This is not yet-another-lab scaling LLMs in a hope of achieving general intelligence.…
What we'd score you on
reqspace match rubricFive dimensions, recruiter-grade. Upload your resume and we'll generate a written explanation of where you fit and where the gaps are.
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Skills match
We compare your skills against the role requirements.
2
Level fit
This role is staff-level. We check your trajectory against it.
3
Domain experience
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Recency
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5
Location fit
This role is remote-eligible — we factor in your stated location and time-zone overlap.
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