Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure Focus

Astronomer is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with an infrastructure focus to join their R&D team. The role involves working on their flagship product Astro, a data orchestration platform powered by Airflow. As part of the dataplane management team, you'll be responsible for designing and building infrastructure that runs customer workloads across hundreds of kubernetes clusters.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with large-scale SaaS infrastructure and distributed systems. You'll be working on critical features like workload identity, multitenancy, cross-region disaster recovery, and private network access. The role requires expertise in languages like Golang or Java, with a strong understanding of Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure management.

Astronomer is a globally-distributed, venture-backed company focused on empowering data teams to build mission-critical analytics, AI, and software solutions. They value diverse experiences and backgrounds, encouraging applications from candidates with unconventional career paths. The company offers competitive compensation including equity and comprehensive benefits.

Working at Astronomer means being at the forefront of the data orchestration industry, collaborating with various product teams, and having the opportunity to impact how some of the largest companies manage their data workflows. The role offers significant technical challenges and the chance to work with cutting-edge cloud technologies while building scalable solutions for enterprise customers.

If you're passionate about infrastructure, have experience with fleet management, and want to contribute to a rapidly growing platform that's transforming how organizations handle their data operations, this role presents an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.