About the role

Role Overview

Join Astronomer as a Senior Software Engineer to build control plane services and customer-facing user experiences for running and scaling data workflows. You’ll design and build microservices, APIs, and UI components on a Kubernetes-based platform, improving product usability, reliability, and experience.

Key Missions

Design and build microservices and APIs powering the control plane and managing the lifecycle of Airflow environments.
Develop client-oriented features and UI components using React to make complex systems intuitive.
Collaborate with product, design, and customers to translate real-world needs into impactful product capabilities.

Responsibilities

Build backend services (microservices/APIs) and frontend UI components.
Work in cloud-native environments and contribute to system design (architecture diagrams/design docs).
Deliver production systems end-to-end with strong ownership.
Partner cross-functionally to influence engineering and product decisions.

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience with end-to-end ownership and shipping production systems.
Strong backend experience building backend services/microservices with Node.js.
Experience building modern frontend applications with React (or willingness to do so).
Experience designing systems and clearly communicating architecture (e.g., diagrams, design docs).
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
Cloud-native experience with Kubernetes and AWS/GCP/Azure.
Experience with CI/CD in cloud-native environments (e.g., CircleCI).
Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
Experience with system design, APIs, and distributed systems.
Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
Security best practices across the stack, including:
- API controls (rate limiting, auth)
- Kubernetes authorization (RBAC) and policy/security tooling (Kyverno/OPA)
- Secrets management and container security.
Experience with highly available/scalable systems (e.g., scale testing, disaster recovery, capacity planning).
Experience with Apache Airflow (or similar workflow orchestration).
Experience with OpenShift/Red Hat ecosystems.

Nice-to-Haves

AI-assisted development experience (code generation, debugging, productivity tools).
Experience with Golang or Python.

About Astronomer

Astronomer builds a Kubernetes-based platform for running and scaling data workflows, centered around Apache Airflow. The company develops control-plane services, APIs, and user-facing experiences that help customers manage Airflow environments reliably. It operates in the cloud-native infrastructure and workflow orchestration industry.

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