Astronomer
Senior Software Engineer, Platform
New York City · Senior
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About the role
- At Astronomer, we're redefining how companies run Apache Airflow at scale.
- We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team.
Responsibilities
- Your work will directly influence how we build Astro, Observe and our IDE product, as well as how global organizations orchestrate data pipelines at scale-making them faster, more reliable, and easier to manage.
- Make high-quality, data-driven and experience-driven decisions on how we build this and the next generation of our production platform, then deliver the results.
- Own and build how we test, build and deploy code in a high-scale PaaS environment.
- Collaborate across the whole company on how we design production systems, set standards and make technology choices for new and existing products, and how these fit together.
- Deliver results - we routinely "change the wheels on the bus while it's moving", in a predictable, safe and reliable way.
- Garage Door Open: Create and maintain comprehensive internal documentation for systems and processes, ensuring clarity and accessibility.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Python, Golang and in-depth experience with Kubernetes (CKA or equivalent or greater).
- Experience with observability principles and technologies, including SLI/SLO definition and tracking.
- Ability to estimate the scope of work accurately and coordinate with stakeholders to address risks and ensure successful project delivery.
- Experience with our particular tech stack components and technologies (deep breath): CircleCI, Chronosphere (Prometheus), Splunk, Bazel, Istio, Playwright, Karpenter, Github [Actions] …
- Strong experience in Non-Abstract Systems design https://sre.google/workbook/non-abstract-design/ and implementation.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience in working with a globally distributed team in delivery.
- A passion for reliability and operational excellence. A low tolerance for toil and other nonsense.
- Proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with a focus on ownership and accountability.
- Participated in an on-call rotation - this role involves periodic on-call for the services we own.
Nice to have
- Experience with (and ideally strong opinions on) software development best practices, such as code review, testing, CI/CD, version control, automation and debugging.
Skills
- CircleCI, Chronosphere (Prometheus), Splunk, Bazel, Istio, Playwright, Karpenter, Github [Actions] …
- Experience of the innards and quirks of AWS, GCP and (particularly) Azure.
- Experience with Apache Airflow.
- This range is merely an estimate; actual compensation may deviate from this range based on skills, experience, and qualifications.
- Our R&D organization is home to some of the most innovative minds in cloud infrastructure and open-source software.
- Experience working on a SaaS/PaaS product across multiple cloud providers.
Compensation
- The estimated total compensation for this role ranges from $168,000 - $230,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package.
Benefits
- The estimated total compensation for this role ranges from $168,000 - $230,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package.
Company info
- Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow®.
- Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications.
- Trusted by more than 800 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data.
- To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io http://www.astronomer.io.
- Blaze a Trail: Work on a small but growing team on building out the Platform/Reliability practice for the company
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