Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Astronomer's R&D organization and become a Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer on the Airflow Infra team. Build the critical layer connecting the open-source Airflow ecosystem to enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure, directly impacting how global organizations orchestrate data pipelines. This role involves writing high-quality, well-tested code, collaborating with engineers and product owners, participating in code reviews and incident resolution, and becoming a subject matter expert. You will create and maintain documentation, participate in on-call rotation, and contribute to platform reliability. The ideal candidate possesses strong Python and Golang proficiency, Kubernetes experience, and a deep understanding of RESTful APIs and testing frameworks. Astronomer offers a competitive salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Apache Airflow
• Experience working on a SaaS product

Benefits

• The estimated salary for this role ranges from $180,000 - $210,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package
• Astronomer is a remote-first company