Senior Software Engineer, Astronomer

• Strong proficiency in Python, Golang and experience with Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of and experience integrating with RESTful APIs
• Thorough understanding and experience with testing frameworks, such as pytest
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience in creating technical specifications
• A passion for reliability and operational excellence
• Ability to estimate the scope of work accurately and coordinate with engineering managers to address risks and ensure successful project 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
• Ability to manage individual project priorities and deadlines
• Proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with a focus on ownership and accountability

Desirable

• At Astronomer, we’re redefining how companies run Apache Airflow at scale
• Our R&D organization is home to some of the most innovative minds in cloud infrastructure and open-source software
• We’re looking for a Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer to join our Airflow Infra team, part of Astro, our flagship cloud platform
• This isn’t just another backend role
• You’ll be building the critical layer that connects the open-source Airflow ecosystem to enterprise-grade, massively scalable cloud infrastructure
• Your work will directly influence how global organizations orchestrate data pipelines at scale—making them faster, more reliable, and easier to manage
• If you’re driven by impact, excited by scale, and ready to work on the kind of infrastructure challenges that push the boundaries of what’s possible in cloud-native systems, this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for
• Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of customers
• Collaborate with other engineers (both in the team and in other teams) product owners, and engineering managers to achieve business goals
• Regularly engage in code reviews for other engineers on the team
• Participate in efforts to solve incidents
• Become the subject matter expert for one or more projects and technologies owned by the team driving efforts towards platform reliability, proactively addressing issues, making necessary trade-offs, and ensuring continuous progress
• Create and maintain comprehensive internal documentation for systems and processes, ensuring clarity and accessibility
• Participate in on-call rotation