Tech Lead Platform Engineer

Astera Labs • Vancouver, BC

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions, enabling organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. The company's Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with its COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems. Astera Labs also offers custom connectivity solutions. As a Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in building and supporting the platforms that enable these products to thrive in real-world deployments. This involves creating and maintaining tools that make products seamless to integrate, highly debuggable, and delightful to use for both customers and internal engineering teams. Your work will span software, systems, and silicon, including developing automation, diving into labs with state-of-the-art equipment, and collaborating closely with customers to solve the toughest technical challenges. Beyond execution, you will influence product direction by driving innovation, providing feedback to design teams, and streamlining validation and deployment processes. This is a high-impact, hands-on role at the intersection of hardware and software, where curiosity, creativity, and technical depth come together to define the next generation of data center infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
• 5+ years of experience in software development with C, C++, C#, and/or Python
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a customer-first attitude and a bias toward action
• Building and maintaining complex applications using .NET technologies (e.g., WPF, Avalonia, Blazor, MAUI)
• Strong background in C and Python programming for tool development, automation, and system interaction
• Hands-on silicon/system bring-up and debug experience in customer environments
• Proficiency with lab equipment such as traffic generators, analyzers, and high-speed oscilloscopes
• Excellent technical writing skills for clear, concise documentation (datasheets, app notes, internal guides)

Nice To Haves

• Front-end technologies (React, Angular, Node.js)
• Cloud development platforms (Azure, AWS)
• Experience with high-speed I/O products (PCIe, Ethernet Switches)
• Familiarity with data center architectures: servers, storage (JBOD/JBOG), and networking gear

Responsibilities

• Play a pivotal role in building and supporting the platforms that enable products to thrive in real-world deployments
• Create and maintain tools that make products seamless to integrate, highly debuggable, and delightful to use for both customers and internal engineering teams
• Develop automation
• Dive into labs with state-of-the-art equipment
• Collaborate closely with customers to solve the toughest technical challenges
• Influence product direction by driving innovation
• Provide feedback to design teams
• Streamline validation and deployment processes
• Prototype, improve, and bring new ideas into production

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees