Industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform powered by Airflow, accelerating building reliable data products.

Astronomer is seeking a Customer Reliability Engineer to join their Infrastructure team, focusing on their managed Airflow service. This role combines technical expertise with customer service, making it ideal for engineers early in their careers who want to impact customer success directly.

The position involves managing and maintaining cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters, ensuring platform reliability, and responding to customer incidents. As part of the Customer Reliability Engineering (CRE) team, you'll be responsible for operating, monitoring, and maintaining the platform to ensure availability and reliable operations.

The role offers unique exposure to diverse technical challenges across different cloud providers and industries. You'll work with cutting-edge technology in a distributed team environment, contributing to both technical solutions and customer success. The position requires a blend of technical skills in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and distributed systems, along with strong customer service orientation.

Astronomer offers a globally-distributed, venture-backed environment focused on innovation and collaboration. They value diverse experiences and unconventional career paths, making it an excellent opportunity for those with non-traditional backgrounds who meet the core qualifications. The company is remote-first and committed to equal opportunity employment, welcoming candidates from all backgrounds.

Key technical requirements include experience with Kubernetes, cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), Linux systems, and Python scripting. The role involves on-call rotations and requires strong troubleshooting abilities combined with excellent communication skills. This position offers growth opportunities in both technical and customer-facing aspects of platform engineering.

Customer Reliability Engineer position at Astronomer, focusing on infrastructure management and customer success for their managed Airflow service.

Customer Reliability Engineer - Infra

Astronomer is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Platform team for their flagship enterprise product, Astronomer Software. This role is crucial in ensuring seamless operation and deployment of their data orchestration platform. The position involves working with the R&D team to provide exceptional experience in managing Apache Airflow at scale.

The Platform team is responsible for maintaining and developing API services, authentication, authorization, logging, observability, and alerting frameworks, along with common UI components. You'll be working on ensuring the platform's reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

As a Staff Engineer, you'll lead the design and development of core platform applications using Node.js and React.js, architect solutions on Kubernetes clusters, and drive technical strategy. The role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams, mentoring other engineers, and participating in on-call rotations.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of software engineering experience, with proven expertise in Node.js, React.js, and Kubernetes. Strong communication skills and experience with distributed systems are essential. The company values diverse experiences and welcomes candidates from unconventional backgrounds.

Astronomer offers a remote-first work environment and is committed to diversity and equal opportunity employment. They're a globally-distributed, venture-backed team focused on empowering data teams to bring mission-critical analytics, AI, and software to life. This role presents an opportunity to be at the forefront of the industry while working with cutting-edge technologies and contributing to the evolution of data orchestration.

Staff Software Engineer position at Astronomer, leading platform development for data orchestration using Node.js, React, and Kubernetes in a remote environment.

Staff Software Engineer - Platform

Industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform provider, powering Astro with Airflow for data teams.

Astronomer, the company behind Astro, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. This role focuses on their Enterprise product, Astronomer Software, where you'll be instrumental in enhancing scalability, performance, and reliability of their platform. The position requires deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud platforms, working with various environments including AWS, Azure, GCP, and Openshift.

As a team member, you'll collaborate across functions with CRE, Platform, and QA teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives. The role involves implementing robust security measures, utilizing monitoring tools like ELK and Prometheus, and optimizing system performance for customer installations.

Astronomer offers a unique opportunity to work with a globally-distributed, venture-backed team focused on data orchestration and observability. The company values diverse experiences and unconventional career paths, fostering an inclusive environment where innovation and collaboration thrive. You'll be at the forefront of the industry, working with cutting-edge technologies and contributing to mission-critical analytics and AI solutions.

The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in Kubernetes cluster operations, cloud infrastructure management, and automation tools. You'll need to be comfortable with Linux systems, networking protocols, and infrastructure as code. The role involves both technical leadership and hands-on implementation, requiring excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

This remote position offers the chance to work with a company that's shaping the future of data orchestration, while maintaining a strong commitment to diversity and equal opportunity employment. Join Astronomer to be part of a team that's revolutionizing how organizations manage and leverage their data infrastructure.

Senior Software Engineer position at Astronomer, focusing on infrastructure and cloud platform optimization, requiring 5+ years of Kubernetes experience.

Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure, India

Astronomer designed Astro, an industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform for data teams. Powered by Airflow, Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and drive data-driven applications.

Astronomer designed Astro, an industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform for data teams. Powered by Airflow, Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and drive data-driven applications.

As a Sales Engineer at Astronomer, you'll be a key partner to our clients, guiding them in deploying powerful data workflows to accelerate their business outcomes. You'll have the chance to work with cutting-edge technology, help customers solve complex data challenges, and influence our product's evolution through client feedback. This role is ideal for someone who wants to make a visible impact while growing into an expert in workflow orchestration and Apache Airflow.

Key Responsibilities:
- Solve Real-World Problems: Design and implement proof-of-concept solutions that help customers tackle real data challenges, from concept to production.
- Be a Trusted Advisor: Conduct demos and provide technical guidance to engineering teams, showing them how our platform can transform their workflows.
- Drive Community Impact: Contribute to the Apache Airflow community by creating technical content and best practices, positioning Astronomer as a thought leader in workflow orchestration.
- Influence Product Direction: Act as a liaison by gathering field insights and providing critical feedback to the Product team to shape the future of our platform.
- Develop and Grow: Become an expert in Airflow, workflow orchestration, and the data engineering landscape as you collaborate across departments and work on impactful projects.

Requirements:
- 2+ years in a Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Consulting or similar role within the data space, ideally with experience in modern data tools like Snowflake, Databricks, Fivetran, or Tableau.
- Familiarity with core data engineering concepts such as orchestration, ELT, Git, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
- Genuine desire to understand customer needs, patience, and empathy to support them through challenges.
- Eagerness to learn and experiment with new technical concepts, tools, and approaches to stay ahead in the data industry.

Join Astronomer to be part of a team that's transforming data workflows and making big data accessible and manageable for all. We offer growth opportunities, an open culture, and unique perks including competitive benefits, work-from-home stipend, and opportunities to connect with a global community of innovators in data.

Join Astronomer as a Sales Engineer to guide clients in deploying powerful data workflows using cutting-edge technology like Apache Airflow.

Sales Engineer

Astronomer is a data orchestration platform company.

Astronomer, a leading data orchestration platform company, is seeking a talented Product Engineer (Prototyping) to join our Office of the CTO in New York City. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of data technology, developing innovative prototypes and solutions that shape the future of our products.

As a Product Engineer (Prototyping), you'll be part of a dynamic team responsible for exploring new ideas, testing concepts, and creating proof-of-concept implementations. You'll work closely with the CTO and other senior leaders to translate visionary ideas into tangible prototypes that demonstrate the potential of cutting-edge data orchestration technologies.

In this role, you'll have the chance to:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ideate and prototype new features and products
- Rapidly develop and iterate on proof-of-concept implementations
- Evaluate emerging technologies and their potential applications in data orchestration
- Contribute to the company's innovation strategy and product roadmap
- Present prototypes and findings to stakeholders, including executives and potential customers

We're looking for someone who is passionate about technology, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and has a knack for turning abstract ideas into working prototypes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in full-stack development, experience with data technologies, and the ability to learn and adapt quickly.

Join us at Astronomer and be part of a team that's pushing the boundaries of what's possible in data orchestration. You'll have the opportunity to work on challenging problems, learn from industry experts, and make a significant impact on the future of data technology.

If you're ready to take your career to new heights and work on exciting, cutting-edge projects, we want to hear from you. Apply now and help us shape the future of data orchestration at Astronomer!

Join Astronomer as a Product Engineer (Prototyping) in the Office of the CTO, working on innovative data orchestration solutions in New York City.

Product Engineer (Prototyping), Office of the CTO

Astronomer designed Astro, a modern data orchestration platform, powered by Apache Airflow™.

Astronomer designed Astro, a modern data orchestration platform, powered by Apache Airflow™. Astro enables companies to place Apache Airflow at the core of their data operations, providing ease of use, scalability, and enterprise-grade security, to ensure the reliable delivery of mission-critical data pipelines.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform team at Astronomer, you'll be at the forefront of the industry, working on Astro's Public API, authentication, authorization, billing and alerting frameworks, common UI components, and the general reliability, scalability, and maintainability of the Astro Platform. Your contributions will directly impact our ability to scale and deliver exceptional value to our customers.

Key responsibilities include:
- Contributing to the design, development, and vision of Astro Platform's architecture and components
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement and iterate on features
- Working with front-end developers, product management, and customers to deliver customer-facing features
- Continuously evaluating and improving the platform's architecture and implementation
- Contributing to overall platform usability, reliability, and scalability

We're looking for someone with:
- Strong focus on delivering performant, scalable, and reliable backend systems
- Excellent communication skills
- 5+ years of engineering experience
- Experience with Golang, TypeScript, SQL databases, and distributed systems
- Familiarity with software development best practices

Join our globally-distributed, venture-backed team of innovators and help us deliver the world's data!

Senior Software Engineer, Platform at Astronomer: Build scalable backend systems for Astro, a modern data orchestration platform powered by Apache Airflow.

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Astronomer, the company behind Astro, a modern data orchestration platform powered by Apache Airflow™, is seeking a Data Engineer to join their globally-distributed team. This role is central to Astronomer's data operations, working on everything from dashboards for managing operations to models identifying new sales opportunities.

As a Data Engineer at Astronomer, you'll be designing and developing data pipelines and operational workflows using Airflow, SQL, and Python. You'll work in an agile, sprint-based team, orchestrating pipelines for ETL, reverse ETL, business processes, data quality checks, and operational analytics. You'll have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of data sets and automate business operations using integrations with platforms like Salesforce, Zendesk, and Stripe.

Key responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable analytics, driving the development of data orchestration and ETL/ELT frameworks, and providing feedback to product and engineering teams as an internal user of the platform. You'll also contribute to the development of tools and Airflow extensions to assist internal teams and the broader Apache Airflow community.

The ideal candidate should have data engineering and ETL/ELT experience in a production environment, strong SQL and Python skills, and excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities. Strong communication skills and a collaborative spirit are essential. Bonus points for proficiency with modern data engineering tools like Apache Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, or BigQuery, and familiarity with data analysis, statistics, or machine learning.

Astronomer offers a competitive salary range of $100,000 - $130,000, based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package. They value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applications from candidates with unconventional backgrounds.

Join Astronomer to be at the forefront of the industry, working on mission-critical data pipelines and helping to deliver the world's data through an Enterprise-grade product that simplifies Apache Airflow adoption for data teams across various industries.

Join Astronomer as a Data Engineer, orchestrating data pipelines with Airflow, SQL, and Python for mission-critical analytics and business operations.

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Industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform powered by Airflow, accelerating building reliable data products.