Distributed Simulation Engineer - High-Perf C++

astera; Emeryville (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Travel opportunities for collaboration

Job summary

Astera in Emeryville, CA, is seeking a software engineer to build core infrastructure for large-scale distributed simulation systems including biological and physics-based environments.

This hybrid position requires strong C++ systems programming, networking protocol knowledge, and experience with distributed systems. The candidate will focus on optimizing simulations across CPUs and GPUs, ensuring high performance through effective design and implementation.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ systems programming experience.
• Experience with distributed systems and networking protocols.
• Understanding of concurrency and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement distributed simulation systems.
• Build networking infrastructure for multi-node simulation.
• Optimize simulation throughput across CPUs and GPUs.

Skills

Strong C++ systems programming experience

Experience with distributed systems

Experience with networking protocols

Experience with MuJoCo

Understanding of concurrency, multithreading

Performance optimization experience

Experience building performance-critical systems on Linux

Familiarity with cluster computing

Tools

MuJoCo

Python

PyTorch

CUDA

Job description

Astera in Emeryville, CA, is seeking a software engineer to build core infrastructure for large-scale distributed simulation systems including biological and physics-based environments.

This hybrid position requires strong C++ systems programming, networking protocol knowledge, and experience with distributed systems. The candidate will focus on optimizing simulations across CPUs and GPUs, ensuring high performance through effective design and implementation.