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Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

Astronome · New York City · Remote

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About Astronome

Astronome AI is your all-in-one IT management solution. We streamline your IT operations, integrating with your existing tech stack to enhance security and efficiency. Backed by Entrepreneur First and Techstars.

About the role

At Astronomer, we’re on a mission to make Apache Airflow the go-to standard for data orchestration, and our R&D team is at the heart of it. We’re looking for a Software Engineer to our Core Platform team, where you’ll work on core systems that power Astro’s Public API, authentication, billing, alerting frameworks, and ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and maintainable.

What they're looking for

  • A track record in building performant, scalable, and reliable backend systems
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a collaborative mindset
  • Experience in developing services with Go, interacting with dependencies and service orchestration on Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with SQL databases (Postgres, with Spanner experience also a plus)
  • Advanced understanding of distributed systems concepts and NALSD
  • Experience rationally leveraging AI coding assistants and LLMs (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Gemini) to accelerate development — from prototyping and automated testing to code refactoring and documentation
More about this role

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 .

At Astronomer, we’re on a mission to make Apache Airflow the go-to standard for data orchestration, and our R&D team is at the heart of it. We’re looking for a Software Engineer to our Core Platform team, where you’ll work on core systems that power Astro’s Public API, authentication, billing, alerting frameworks, and ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and maintainable.

This is a chance to build real-world production systems, collaborate with brilliant engineers, and directly impact how companies around the world manage their data. You’ll grow your skills fast, tackle challenging technical problems, and be part of a team that’s shaping the future of data infrastructure. Astro’s Core Platform exists at...

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