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Astera LabsPosted Sep 8, 2026
Tech Lead Automation Engineer
San Josefull timeOn Sitesenior$135k–$170kH1B: yes
Astera Labs Tech Lead Automation Engineer at Astera Labs responsible for owning and building internal automation platforms and developing new operational systems. This role involves architectural decisions, designing data models and APIs, and shipping production features using AI coding tools.
Responsibilities
- We're looking for a hands-on Tech Lead, Software Engineer to own and build the platforms that power how our company operates. You'll evolve existing production systems, develop new applications from the ground up, and set the technical direction for solutions spanning workflow automation, integrations, identity, and operational data.
- This is a builder's role. You'll make architectural decisions, design data models and APIs, write code, and ship production features yourself. You'll also use AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot as part of your daily workflow to accelerate development and delivery.
- You'll have the autonomy to identify problems, decide what to build, and turn business needs into reliable software that teams across the company use every day.
- Role responsibilities:
- Platform Ownership
- Take technical ownership of our internal automation platforms end-to-end — architecture, data model, background sync/scheduling, and roadmap.
- Design and ship full-stack features: backend services, role-based access control, approval workflows, and frontend UI.
- Maintain and extend integrations with the external systems these platforms depend on — SaaS tools, cloud infrastructure, and internal directory/identity services.
Qualification
Exposure to licensingA strong bias toward automating manualWhat strong candidates often look likeWhy this role is interesting
Required
- BS/MS in Computer Science with 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Demonstrated ownership of a production web application end-to-end: backend (Python; FastAPI or similar), relational database design (PostgreSQL, SQL, schema migrations), and frontend work.
- Experience integrating with enterprise SaaS APIs (e.g. Atlassian suite, Microsoft 365, GitHub/Bitbucket) and cloud infrastructure APIs (compute/storage, job schedulers).
- Working knowledge of identity and access management — RBAC, SSO/OAuth2, and group provisioning via a directory service (LDAP or equivalent).
Company
Astera Labs
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