Senior Sales Engineer

Summary

Join Astronomer as a Senior Sales Engineer and become a key partner to our clients, guiding them in deploying powerful data workflows to accelerate their business outcomes. You will work with cutting-edge technology, help customers solve complex data challenges, and influence our product's evolution. This role involves up to 40% travel and is perfect for someone wanting to make a visible impact while becoming an expert in workflow orchestration and Apache Airflow. You will design and implement proof-of-concept solutions, conduct demos and provide technical guidance, contribute to the Apache Airflow community, and gather field insights to shape the product's future. The role requires collaboration across departments and working on impactful projects to develop expertise in Airflow and the data engineering landscape.

Requirements

• 5 years in a Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Consulting or similar role within the data space, ideally with experience in modern data tools like Snowflake, Databricks, Fivetran, or Tableau
• Hands-on Python scripting skills for data pipeline support
• Familiarity with core data engineering concepts such as orchestration, ELT, Git, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences
• A genuine desire to understand customer needs, patience, and empathy to support them through challenges
• Eagerness to learn and experiment with new technical concepts, tools, and approaches to stay ahead in the data industry
• This role includes up to 40% travel for business and customer needs

Responsibilities

• Solve Real-World Problems: Design and implement proof-of-concept solutions that help customers tackle real data challenges, from concept to production
• Be a Trusted Advisor: Conduct demos and provide technical guidance to engineering teams, showing them how our platform can transform their workflows
• Drive Community Impact: Contribute to the Apache Airflow community by creating technical content and best practices, positioning Astronomer as a thought leader in workflow orchestration
• Influence Product Direction: Act as a liaison by gathering field insights and providing critical feedback to the Product team to shape the future of our platform
• Develop and Grow: Become an expert in Airflow, workflow orchestration, and the data engineering landscape as you collaborate across departments and work on impactful projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Apache Airflow or other open-source data tools
• Background in designing data workflows in a production environment
• Experience working with Command Line Interfaces (CLI)

Benefits

Astronomer is a remote-first company