Senior Software Engineer - Airflow Infrastructure, NYC

Astronomer
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 210,000 - 250,000Function: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Ownership","Reliability focus"]

Build and evolve the backend layer connecting the open-source Apache Airflow ecosystem to enterprise-grade, massively scalable cloud infrastructure. Partner with engineering, product, and reliability teams to improve performance, reliability, and scalability of services. Work on code reviews, incident debugging, testing, CI/CD, and automation, while creating clear technical documentation and user-focused prototypes for orchestration at scale.

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Senior Software Engineer - Airflow Infrastructure, NYC

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Job Summary

Build and evolve the backend layer connecting the open-source Apache Airflow ecosystem to enterprise-grade, massively scalable cloud infrastructure. Partner with engineering, product, and reliability teams to improve performance, reliability, and scalability of services. Work on code reviews, incident debugging, testing, CI/CD, and automation, while creating clear technical documentation and user-focused prototypes for orchestration at scale.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Engineer backend services with maintainable, well-tested code.
  • •Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of existing backend services.
  • •Partner with engineers, product, customer reliability support, and leadership to evolve systems.
  • •Engage in code reviews, provide feedback, and maintain technical documentation.
  • •Participate in on-call rotation to troubleshoot and debug incidents, and investigate/prototype improvements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 210,000 - 250,000
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience building and delivering SaaS products.
  • •Strong proficiency in Python or Golang.
  • •Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
  • •Experience integrating RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
  • •Comfortable with testing frameworks such as pytest and software development best practices (code reviews, testing, CI/CD, version control, automation).
Experience:5+ yearsSaaSCloud infrastructureOpen-sourceData pipelines
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingCollaborationOwnershipReliability focus
Tech Stack:PythonGolangKubernetesRESTful APIsDistributed systemsPytestCI/CDVersion controlAutomationApache Airflow

Company Brief

Astronomer
Develops Astro, a unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow to build, run, and monitor data pipelines at scale, helping enterprises operationalize analytics and production AI.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2018
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