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Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Astronomer · New York City · Remote

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About Astronomer

Apache Airflow® orchestrates the world’s data, ML, and AI pipelines. Astro is the best way to build, run, and observe them at scale. Backed by Insight and 500 Global.

About the role

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 Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. You get to go in at the ground level of how our production infrastructure is designed, built, tested and deployed.

What they're looking for

  • Strong experience in Non-Abstract Systems design and implementation
  • Strong proficiency in Python, Golang and in-depth experience with Kubernetes (CKA or equivalent or greater)
  • Experience with observability principles and technologies, including SLI/SLO definition and tracking
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience in working with a globally distributed team in delivery
  • A passion for reliability and operational excellence. A low tolerance for toil and other nonsense
  • Ability to estimate the scope of work accurately and coordinate with stakeholders to address risks and ensure successful project delivery
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 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 Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. You get to go in at the ground level of how our production infrastructure is designed, built, tested and deployed. Your work will directly influence how we build Astro, Observe and our IDE product, as well as 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...

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