Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Summary

Join Astronomer's core Software team as a Technical Lead / Staff Software Engineer and guide technical direction, lead critical architectural efforts, and ensure high-quality software delivery. You will be deeply involved in system design, cross-functional planning, and process optimization, while mentoring engineers. This role involves working with distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and data platform tooling. You will own code quality, design decisions, and technical artifacts. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role and strong communication and collaboration skills. Astronomer offers a competitive salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Have 8+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams across time zones
• Experience driving technical strategy and conversations with customers, gathering feedback, and influencing product direction
• Extensive experience with cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, including hands-on experience testing systems running on K8s
• Are proficient in Golang and/or Python, and comfortable working with distributed systems, container orchestration, and CI/CD
• Have successfully led the design and execution of complex technical initiatives
• Care deeply about team dynamics, process quality, and helping engineers grow
• Thrive in a fast-paced, asynchronous, remote-first environment
• Deep understanding of CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and Jenkins
• Familiarity with logging and observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Fluent Bit, ELK stack
• Solid understanding of GitOps, Docker, and Helm charts

Responsibilities

• Own code quality, design decisions, and technical artifacts across the team’s work
• Drive architectural direction and enforce engineering best practices
• Collaborate with PM and EM on scoping, planning, and maintaining a prioritized roadmap
• Drive technical conversations and strategy with customers, translating requirements into scalable solutions and influencing roadmap direction
• Provide technical mentorship and delegate effectively to support team growth
• Define and evolve team processes, including code review, testing, on-call, and dev experience
• Lead retrospectives and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Contribute hands-on to core platform components using Nodejs, Golang, Python, Kubernetes, and Terraform

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with scale testing, disaster recovery, and capacity planning
• Experience with at least one of the following languages: NodeJS, Go
• Familiarity with Apache Airflow
• Experience with Openshift and the Red Hat marketplace
• Experience with the Prometheus/Grafana and ELK stacks

Benefits

• Equity component
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Remote-first company