Senior Software Engineer, Applications

Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong ownership of building and shipping production systems end-to-end
• Strong experience building backend services or microservices using Node.js
• Experience with Golang or Python
• Experience building or contributing to modern frontend applications (React.js or similar), or willingness to do so
• Experience working in cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Solid understanding of system design, APIs, and distributed systems
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and influence decisions
• Experience designing systems and clearly communicating architecture, such as diagrams and design docs
• Experience with SQL databases such as Postgres or MySQL
• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Ability to balance technical excellence with product thinking and customer needs
• Experience with security best practices across the full stack, including API controls (rate limiting, auth), Kubernetes (RBAC, Kyverno/OPA), secrets management, and container security
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code generation, debugging, or productivity tools) to improve engineering velocity

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package