Company Name: Astronomer

Job Details: $180-210k+,EquityKubernetesAWSGCPPostgresAzureGolangAirflowSplunkPrometheusSenior,and,Expert,levelRemote,from,US

Job Url: https://app.welcometothejungle.com/jobs/6TUN3KtY

Job Description: RoleWho you areExperience building and operating SaaS infrastructure, or experience managing a large scale internal compute platformSoftware engineering expertise with Golang, or similar languages with a desire to learn GolangA passion for reliability and operational excellence. A low tolerance for toil, alert fatigue, and other nonsenseProduction experience with a container based orchestration system (Kubernetes preferred, but not essential)Understanding of how to build with security and isolation in mind, so that Astronomer’s managed platform can securely integrate with any customer environment and ensure strict isolation between customer workloadsStrong communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience in working with a globally distributed team in deliveryProactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with a focus on ownership and accountabilityExperience as part of an on-call rotation - this role involves periodic on-call for the services and system we ownDesirableExperience working on a SaaS/PaaS product across multiple cloud providers, with a ‘single tenant data plane’ modelProgrammatically administered Kubernetes in multiple cloudsExperience designing systems for resiliency, scale and security. A familiarity with Non-Abstract Systems design is a major plusA passion for finding and addressing inefficiencies in code, infrastructure costs, tooling and processesExperience with our particular tech stack components and technologies (deep breath): Calico/Azure CNI/Cilium, PostgreSQL/Aurora/CloudSQL/etc, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/ Chronosphere, Splunk, Istio, Karpenter, Falco,Experience of the innards and quirks of AWS, GCP and AzureExperience with Apache AirflowWhat the job involvesAt Astronomer, we’re redefining how companies run Apache Airflow at scaleOur R&D organization is home to some of the most innovative minds in cloud infrastructure and open-source softwareWe’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Plane Management team, whose mission is to efficiently operate, and develop new features for, the cloud compute foundation that our customer Airflow deployments are hosted uponThis is a particularly fascinating role for someone who loves the challenge of managing a large scale fleet of 500+ Kubernetes clusters with a true software engineering mindsetThis team owns the compute & network primitives in our Astro platform and develops the APIs that our customers use to stand up their environmentsThe team’s roadmap includes new self-service features such as failover cluster support, VPC/VNet peering, Transit Gateway wiring, metric/log shipping, and moreOwn key endpoints and features of our flagship product, Astro, to extend our offering to more complex customer networking optionsWork across domains to develop diverse features for our core infrastructure (ie: workload identity, multitenancy, cross region disaster recovery, cloud resource management, private network access)Evolve our fleet orchestration system to enable us to safely make (and roll back) changes across our infrastructure, and to enable us to scale from the 500+ clusters we have now to thousands in the futureGain experience working in a multi-cloud environment by working with managed Kubernetes offerings and network/auth primitives from AWS, Azure, and GCPDeepen your operational knowledge of Kubernetes-based workloads by managing the data pipelines of many of the largest companies in the worldShare this jobReport a problem with this jobHide companyView 11 more jobs at AstronomerInsightsTop investors-26% employee growth in 12 monthsGlassdoor (4.2)CompanyCompany benefitsRemote friendly, work from anywhereIf you’re in a city with an office, it’s there (and stocked with snacks) when you need itCo-workers in over 40 states and 15 countries around the worldHealth, dental, and vision insurance at little to no cost for individuals, and at competitive rates for your dependentsDisability and life insurance policies in case something happensUnlimited vacation - we do track vacation days and actively encourage people to take it (on average, Astronomers take 20 days of vacation per year)Parental leaveLaptop of your choice, and a stipend to help with your work-from-home setupMonthly $170 pre-tax stipend intended to cover your cellphone and WiFi billsYearly internal summit for all employeesRegular access to conferences, workshops, and meetups in the ecosystemFunding (last 2 of 9 rounds)May 2025$93mSERIES DMar 2022$213mSERIES CTotal funding: $372.8mOur takeDeveloping data pipelines is essential for modern businesses to stay competitive, but building them can be a slow process. Workflow management tools for data engineering pipelines such as Apache Airflow makes the development process significantly simpler, but managing it manually is still a repetitive, convoluted, and time-consuming process.Astronomer provides a data orchestration platform called Astro powered by Apache Airflow, aiming to automate its data pipeline management processes, unify data flows, and ultimately help businesses to access the software's full potential without DevOps. The company claims that its collaborative system helps teams to build data pipelines faster, increase data availability, ensure runtime environments are reliable within cloud infrastructures, and provide a holistic overview of business data.Whilst it is undeniable that the company faces competition from other data orchestration platforms, Astronomer has been smart to recognize the presence of inefficiencies in Apache Airflow, despite its great potential. The company is thus providing solutions to improve it, not replace it, a unique perspective that shows great potential for Astronomer to disrupt the market.StephCompany Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle