Staff Software Engineer, Astronomer

• Strong technical experience building complex distributed systems, preferably with Golang, Python, Kubernetes, SQL/OLAP databases, and stream processing
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and scaling production infrastructure
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams
• Focus on delivering customer value through thoughtful technical solutions
• Enthusiasm for contributing to a healthy, inclusive engineering culture and supporting the growth of teammates
• Comfort working in areas of high ambiguity, able to break down open-ended problems and drive them to completion with clarity and structure

Desirable

• We are building out a world-class Observability team to deliver data observability capabilities that provide our customers visibility, reliability, and actionable insights into their data pipelines and products across some of the world’s largest enterprises
• We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join this effort
• In this role, you will contribute directly to the design, development, and scaling of Astronomer’s observability platform, collaborating closely with product, design, and cross-functional engineering teams
• Your work will have a direct impact on our customers and the future of the platform
• Lead the end-to-end architecture and evolution of major platform components, making foundational design decisions that will shape the long-term direction of the observability platform
• Build scalable, reliable, and performant features that provide visibility into customer data pipelines
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to define and deliver high-impact initiatives
• Write high-quality, maintainable code while following best practices in testing, CI/CD, and operational excellence
• Set and champion engineering standards for code quality, testing, design, and operational excellence across the team
• Help improve and evolve the observability platform’s tooling, infrastructure, and processes
• Lead and coordinate responses to complex production incidents, guiding the team towards rapid resolution and long-term improvements
• Proactively identify technical opportunities, risks, and gaps - and drive initiatives to address them
• Mentor engineers of all levels through design reviews, pairing, and feedback, and contribute to the professional growth of the team