Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure & Systems

Astronomer
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 200,000 - 300,000Function: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Systems thinking","Technical leadership","Design communication","Mentoring","Code review"]

Design and own the infrastructure systems that run Astro’s Apache Airflow platform, from end-to-end architecture and implementation to testing, rollout, and documentation. Build control-plane services and REST/gRPC APIs for infrastructure lifecycle management across multi-tenant cloud and private/air-gapped environments. Drive networking and security posture, CVE remediation, and observability (metrics/logs/traces) across service boundaries, while mentoring engineers and participating in on-call response.

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Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure & Systems

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Job Summary

Design and own the infrastructure systems that run Astro’s Apache Airflow platform, from end-to-end architecture and implementation to testing, rollout, and documentation. Build control-plane services and REST/gRPC APIs for infrastructure lifecycle management across multi-tenant cloud and private/air-gapped environments. Drive networking and security posture, CVE remediation, and observability (metrics/logs/traces) across service boundaries, while mentoring engineers and participating in on-call response.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the architecture of the infrastructure systems that stand up, scale, and manage what Airflow runs on, leading end-to-end execution (design through rollout).
  • •Design and evolve REST/gRPC APIs for infrastructure lifecycle management, including data modeling, versioning, and backward compatibility.
  • •Own networking and security posture, including authentication/authorization and communication security, driving CVE remediation, image hardening, and Pod Security Standards compliance.
  • •Architect observability and traceability across the stack (metrics, logs, traces) to support end-to-end request tracking across service and network boundaries.
  • •Participate in on-call, contribute to incident diagnosis/resolution and post-mortems, and mentor engineers with higher standards for design, code review, testing, and operational rigor.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 300,000
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years in infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering, with experience owning production systems at scale (8+ typical for Staff level).
  • •Deep hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, including custom Operators/CRDs and Helm-based deployments.
  • •Experience designing REST or gRPC APIs used as the core engine behind customer-facing UI or programmatic integrations, including versioning/backward compatibility.
  • •Strong systems fundamentals: networking, distributed systems, reliability engineering, and security best practices.
  • •Proficiency in Go and/or TypeScript, plus practical experience with observability and distributed tracing for multi-layer systems.
Experience:Distributed systemsInfrastructurePlatform engineering
Skills:Systems thinkingTechnical leadershipDesign communicationMentoringCode review
Tech Stack:Apache AirflowKubernetesOperatorsCRDsHelmGoTypeScriptRESTGRPCMetricsLogsTracesDistributed tracing

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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