Astera Institute
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How Astera Institute hires
Truth index
B 70/100
Median time to fill
63 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Astera Institute scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 12 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 63 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Astera Institute is a non-profit research organization based in Berkeley, California, and was founded in 2020. The institute focuses on high-leverage science and technology projects, including initiatives in artificial intelligence, longevity, and open science. It operates as a private foundation co-founded by Jed McCaleb and Seemay Chou, leveraging a significant endowment to support interdisciplinary research and development that addresses fundamental challenges in human progress.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Astera Institute over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
55
Postings analysed
36
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
Python42%
MATLAB19%
C++11%
Node JS3%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch22%
JAX17%
CUDA8%
PyTorch C++6%
Cloud & platforms
Linux8%
CUDA Toolkit8%
GitHub3%
Grafana3%
AI & ML
LLM8%
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Full Astera Institute tech stack
55 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$225k
Typical range
$100k – $600k
Open positions
38
20
Jobs
Junior
10%
Middle
30%
Senior
20%
Staff
15%
Principal
20%
Architect
5%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $150k | $100k – $200k |
| Middle | 6 | $235k | $160k – $350k |
| Senior | 4 | $200k | $160k – $400k |
| Staff | 3 | $300k | $220k – $500k |
| Principal | 4 | $350k | $350k – $600k |
| Architect | 1 | $600k | $600k |
Highest paying role
Principal Software Engineer
$600k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Astera Institute
By role, level and city, against the market · 38 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
66/100
Growing
Open positions
38
2 opened / 6 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
62 days
faster than 21% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
26% ▼
Science & Research
26% ▼
Industrial Engineering
15% ▼
Data Science
11% ▲
Administrative
7% ▲
HR
7% ▲
Activity Timeline
Removed Windows from stack
Sep 2026
Removed Vector from stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added n8n to stack
Sep 2026
Added LLM Guardrails to stack
Sep 2026
Added AI Agents to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Washington
Sep 2026
Added Red Teaming to stack
Aug 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Emeryville
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Berkeley
United States
HQ
Emeryville
United States
Engineering / R&D
26 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 65% engineering 4% remote $281k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Science & Research
Alameda
United States
Plant / site
11 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 82% engineering $234k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Data Science, Science & Research
Washington
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $160k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Jobs
$250k – $350k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • PhD
Reinforcement Learning
Diffusion Models
Post-training
Machine Learning
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$125k – $175k per year • In office • Full-Time • PhD • Alameda
Python
MATLAB
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$135k – $220k per year • In office • Full-Time • PhD • Alameda
Python
MATLAB
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$80k – $150k per year • In office • Full-Time • PhD • Alameda
Python
MATLAB
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$120k – $220k per year • In office • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • PhD • Alameda
Python
MATLAB
Multimodal AI
Machine Learning
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$150k – $300k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • PhD • Alameda
Python
JAX
PyTorch
Self-Supervised Learning
Interpretability
Machine Learning
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$120k – $220k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • PhD • Alameda
Python
MATLAB
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$200k – $300k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • PhD • Emeryville
Reinforcement Learning
Diffusion Models
Post-training
Machine Learning
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$200k – $350k per year • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Alameda
Python
Rust
C#
C++
CUDA Toolkit
Prefect
Multimodal AI
CUDA
Machine Learning
Game Dev
Unity
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$200k – $350k per year • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Emeryville
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$100k – $200k per year • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Emeryville
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Node JS
Express
Prisma
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
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$150k – $300k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • Master's Degree • Emeryville
CUDA Toolkit
JAX
PyTorch
CUDA
Triton
Machine Learning
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