Astronomer

Senior Software Engineer - Airflow Infrastructure

New York City · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$230kDetected 14 days ago

PythonGoBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewCloud PlatformsCI/CDRESTAirflowData EngineeringLeadershipCommunication

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 Airflow Infra team, part of Astro, our flagship cloud platform.

Your work will directly influence how global organizations orchestrate data pipelines at scale-making them faster, more reliable, and easier to manage.
Partner with other engineers, product, customer reliability support, and leadership to achieve business goals and define how our systems should evolve.
Create and maintain technical documentation for systems and processes, ensuring clarity and accessibility.
Optimize the performance, reliability and scalability of existing backend services.

5+ years of experience building and delivering SaaS products.
Strong proficiency in Python, Golang and experience with Kubernetes.
Solid understanding of and experience with integrating with RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
Ability to scope work and coordinate cross-functionally to address risks and ensure successful delivery.
Experience with software development best practices, such as code reviews, testing, CI/CD, version control, automation and debugging.
Ability to adjust to change and rapid pace of development.
Experience with Apache Airflow
A passion for reliability and operational excellence.
Proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with a focus on ownership and accountability.
The estimated salary for this role ranges from $200,000 - $230,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package. This range is merely an estimate

Our R&D organization is home to some of the most innovative minds in cloud infrastructure and open-source software.
Comfortable with testing frameworks, such as pytest.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience in creating technical specifications.

The estimated salary for this role ranges from $200,000 - $230,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package.

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.

we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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