Senior Software Engineer - Build - NYC

Astronomer
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 210,000 - 250,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5-8 yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Empathy","Experimental mindset"]

Design and build the foundation for Astronomer’s AI-driven context layer for data, enabling semantic search, retrieval, and code generation for data practitioners. Work with a small R&D- and product-adjacent team to turn applied AI research into developer tools, experimenting with LLMs, embeddings, and retrieval techniques at global scale. Help shape the architecture for next-generation AI data products while collaborating across the stack.

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Astronomer
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Senior Software Engineer - Build - NYC

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Job Summary

Design and build the foundation for Astronomer’s AI-driven context layer for data, enabling semantic search, retrieval, and code generation for data practitioners. Work with a small R&D- and product-adjacent team to turn applied AI research into developer tools, experimenting with LLMs, embeddings, and retrieval techniques at global scale. Help shape the architecture for next-generation AI data products while collaborating across the stack.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and engineer components of Astronomer’s context layer powering data modeling, semantic search, retrieval, and code generation.
  • •Build intelligent systems that understand, reason about, and optimize data flow across organizations.
  • •Experiment with LLMs, embeddings, and retrieval techniques to create developer tools that deliver insights.
  • •Collaborate with R&D and product teams to bring early AI concepts into the product experience.
  • •Influence the technical vision and architecture for the next generation of AI-driven data products.

Pay and Benefits

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

Key Requirements

  • •5-8 years of software engineering experience with Python or Go.
  • •Experience with LLMs and applied AI areas such as vector databases and embeddings (or strong desire to dive in).
  • •Empathy for users and a strong interest in improving workflows for data professionals.
  • •Familiarity with early-stage product development and comfort working with ambiguity.
  • •Creative, experimental mindset with strong collaboration and communication skills.
Experience:5-8 years
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationEmpathyExperimental mindset
Tech Stack:PythonGoApache AirflowLLMsEmbeddingsVector databases

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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