# Staff Software Engineer, Observability at Astronomer

- Company: Astronomer
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://www.astronomer.io/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $275K to $377K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/astronomer/e8db86c9-b216-48ee-b0ec-71cc742a0309
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astronomer-staff-software-engineer-observability/

## About the role

At Astronomer, our R&D organization is dedicated to providing an exceptional experience in operating data orchestration based on Apache Airflow at many of the world’s largest companies. As we continue to grow, we are looking to solve highly complex technology problems through inventive algorithms and world-class practices around scale.

## What they're looking for

- Strong technical experience building complex distributed systems, preferably with Golang, Python, Kubernetes, SQL/OLAP databases, Kafka, 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

Tags: Engineering