Astera Labs Inc.

AI/ML Engineer

San Jose, California, USA · full-time

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$165kDetected 29 days ago

PythonAWSGCPCloud PlatformsMachine LearningLLMsDesign SystemsCommunication

About the role

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions.
This is an applied engineering role for someone who can take modern model capabilities and turn them into reliable systems that people actually use.

Build AI applications and agentic workflows for engineering productivity, diagnostics, search, documentation, and workflow automation.
Design systems that combine LLMs with retrieval, tool use, structured outputs, and evaluation loops.
Improve system quality through eval design, prompt and context iteration, model selection, failure analysis, and human feedback.
Build reusable skills, workflows, and abstractions so useful capabilities can be shared across agents and teams instead of rebuilt from scratch.

1-5 years of experience in software engineering, applied AI, ML engineering, or related backend/platform roles.
Comfort working with tool-using systems where correctness depends on context quality, tool integration, and careful failure handling.
Experience with AWS or Google Cloud Platform and the realities of deploying and debugging production AI services.
Clear communication and the ability to turn ambiguous technical workflows into robust product behavior.

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The core problems in this role are the same ones that matter in modern applied AI:
Integrate models with internal tools, APIs, CLIs, MCP interfaces, and operational workflows so they can do useful work in real environments.

enterprise search, coding agents, workspace automation, customized skills, and agentic applications for specific engineering problems, all measured against real usage and outcomes.
This role sits directly in that path.
If you want to build applied AI systems that are ambitious but grounded in real workflows, technical users, and fast feedback loops, this is that job.
The base pay range for this position is $140,000 - $165,000 We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.

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