Senior Software Engineer, Astronomer
Infrastructure
$180-210k
+ Equity component
Data orchestration platform
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Data orchestration platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$180-210k
+ Equity component
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help companies build, run, and observe their data pipelines through its data orchestration platform powered by Apache Airflow.
Role
Who you are
- If you enjoy solving complex problems in Kubernetes, care about engineering excellence, and thrive in a fast-moving, collaborative environment—this role is for you
- 3+ years of hands-on experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters in production environments
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong command of Python and/or Go
- Proficiency in automation and scripting using Shell, Python, or similar languages
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Proven ability to manage and scale distributed systems across major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Solid experience with CI/CD tools, such as CircleCI, Jenkins, or similar systems
- Strong understanding of Linux systems, networking protocols, and core infrastructure components
- Skilled in deploying, maintaining, and monitoring complex application stacks and services
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills, with a proactive approach to problem-solving
Desirable
- Experience with scale testing, disaster recovery strategies, and capacity planning
- Knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio or Envoy
- Familiarity with TypeScript and JavaScript
- Exposure to Apache Airflow and its ecosystem
- Experience working with OpenShift and the Red Hat Marketplace
- Proficiency with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK stack
What the job involves
- We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure to join the Astro Private Cloud team at Astronomer
- In this role, you'll leverage your expertise in Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift), and observability tools (ELK, Prometheus) to improve the observability, performance, reliability, and scalability of our on-premise offering
- You’ll work at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and data platform tooling
- Take ownership of the health, performance, and scalability of different parts of the platform
- Support the rollout and deployment of new features and installations to drive rapid growth and iteration
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure the platform is built with reliability and operational excellence in mind
- Lead automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and increase system efficiency
- Build tools to streamline deployment processes and enhance observability in large-scale environments
- Conduct thorough root cause analyses and document findings through detailed post-mortems
- Create and maintain clear, comprehensive documentation for critical systems and processes
- Participate in an on-call rotation, including direct collaboration with select customers
- Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and challenges
Our take
Developing data pipelines is essential for modern businesses to stay competitive, but building them can be a slow process. Workflow management tools for data engineering pipelines such as Apache Airflow makes the development process significantly simpler, but managing it manually is still a repetitive, convoluted, and time-consuming process.
Astronomer provides a data orchestration platform called Astro powered by Apache Airflow, aiming to automate its data pipeline management processes, unify data flows, and ultimately help businesses to access the software's full potential without DevOps. The company claims that its collaborative system helps teams to build data pipelines faster, increase data availability, ensure runtime environments are reliable within cloud infrastructures, and provide a holistic overview of business data.
Whilst it is undeniable that the company faces competition from other data orchestration platforms, Astronomer has been smart to recognize the presence of inefficiencies in Apache Airflow, despite its great potential. The company is thus providing solutions to improve it, not replace it, a unique perspective that shows great potential for Astronomer to disrupt the market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2025
$93m
SERIES D
Mar 2022
$213m
SERIES C
Total funding: $372.8m
Company benefits
- Remote friendly, work from anywhere
- If you’re in a city with an office, it’s there (and stocked with snacks) when you need it
- Co-workers in over 40 states and 15 countries around the world
- Health, dental, and vision insurance at little to no cost for individuals, and at competitive rates for your dependents
- Disability and life insurance policies in case something happens
- Unlimited vacation - we do track vacation days and actively encourage people to take it (on average, Astronomers take 20 days of vacation per year)
- Parental leave
- Laptop of your choice, and a stipend to help with your work-from-home setup
- Monthly $170 pre-tax stipend intended to cover your cellphone and WiFi bills
- Yearly internal summit for all employees
- Regular access to conferences, workshops, and meetups in the ecosystem
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Greg Neiheisel
(Co-founder)Software Engineer for Great American Insurance from 2011 to 2013. Experience as Founder and CTO of USERcycle.
Tim Brunk
(Co-founder)Co-founder of Cladwell since 2012 and of Ocean Accelerator since 2014. Founder of MetaRouter since 2018.
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