Full timeTechnology

Senior Software Engineer (CALC engine)

AeratechnologySan Francisco or Mountain View🇺🇸United States

Quick overview

Salary$220k - $230k/yr

SeniorityMid Senior

Employment typeFull Time

Work modeHybrid

LocationSan Francisco or Mountain View, United States

SpringJavaGenerative AIMachine Learning

Job description

Aera Technology is a pioneer in the growing category of Decision Intelligence Platforms and a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for 2026 – the technology to digitize, augment, and automate decision-making processes with AI and machine learning. Through our AI decision automation platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, we are helping the best-known brands in the world make smarter, faster decisions.

Privately-held and VC-funded, we have a global team of over 400 Aeranauts – and we’re growing. We deliver Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision making with accuracy and speed. We continue to be the trusted choice of market leaders for our proven ability to generate value and unlock opportunities that were previously unattainable.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the product team to codify design decisions into executable criteria.
Collaboratively design and implement high-performance, low latency calculation engine code .
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to team members and stakeholders.
Advocate for correctness-first approaches and foster a culture where quality is paramount.

About You:

10+ years of experience with Strong knowledge in backend software development
Deep expertise in one of the following areas:
Strong Core Java skills: threading, allocation & garbage collection, performance tuning. Experience writing low latency Java.
Strong domain knowledge in database engine / Compiler design / Investment bank Front office
Experience designing languages.
Understanding of how the JVM works.
Experience using AI tools such as Claude Code.

Nice to Have:

Prior experience building planning software
Likely (but not exclusively) to have worked in one of the following industry:
Database engines (not database implementations)
Low latency front office investment bank
Compilers
Basic understanding of Spring.
Knowledge of Multi dimensional modeling.
Knowledge of Lambda Architecture (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_architecture)

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