Finance & Legal Jobs at Astera Institute
Astera Institute has one open finance and legal role, in Emeryville, paying USD 200k to 275k a year, alongside 44 other open roles.
About Astera Institute
Astera Institute is a research organization that focuses on neuro-AI, life sciences, and open science. It runs a fully funded residency program for technologists and scientists to work on open public goods, and it funds high-impact scientific challenges. The institute is supported by a $3B endowment and operates outside the constraints of markets or academia.
The open role
- Interim Controller (Contract): Emeryville, USD 200k to 275k, posted 16 July 2026.
Also hiring at Astera Institute
Astera Institute is also hiring in hardware and science (20), engineering (10), data and AI (9), operations (3), marketing and growth (1) and sales and business development (1).
Its roles are in Emeryville, CA, US (31), Alameda, CA, US (12), remote (2) and Washington, DC, US (1).
What finance and legal work involves at an early-stage startup
You build the books, the contracts and the controls rather than inherit them. Founders ask you about runway, a customer agreement and a new country's rules in the same afternoon. At a large company each of those sits with a different specialist team.
Questions people ask
Where is the finance and legal job at Astera Institute?
Emeryville.
How much does it pay?
USD 200k to 275k a year, as stated in the posting.
What else is Astera Institute hiring for?
Hardware and science, engineering, data and AI, operations, marketing and growth, and sales and business development: 44 more roles.