Astronomer · 1 day ago
Staff Software Engineer, Observability
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $230K/yrAstronomer is a company that empowers data teams with its unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow. They are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of their observability platform, collaborating with various teams to enhance customer visibility and reliability in data pipelines.
AnalyticsBig DataData IntegrationMachine LearningSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end architecture and evolution of major platform components, making foundational design decisions that will shape the long-term direction of the observability platform
Build scalable, reliable, and performant features that provide visibility into customer data pipelines
Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to define and deliver high-impact initiatives
Write high-quality, maintainable code while following best practices in testing, CI/CD, and operational excellence
Set and champion engineering standards for code quality, testing, design, and operational excellence across the team
Help improve and evolve the observability platform’s tooling, infrastructure, and processes
Lead and coordinate responses to complex production incidents, guiding the team towards rapid resolution and long-term improvements
Proactively identify technical opportunities, risks, and gaps - and drive initiatives to address them
Mentor engineers of all levels through design reviews, pairing, and feedback, and contribute to the professional growth of the team
Qualification
Required
Strong technical experience building complex distributed systems, preferably with Golang, Python, Kubernetes, SQL/OLAP databases, and stream processing
Hands-on experience designing, developing, and scaling production infrastructure
Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams
Focus on delivering customer value through thoughtful technical solutions
Enthusiasm for contributing to a healthy, inclusive engineering culture and supporting the growth of teammates
Comfort working in areas of high ambiguity, able to break down open-ended problems and drive them to completion with clarity and structure
Preferred
Experience building or scaling data observability products
Familiarity with Apache Airflow or similar workflow orchestrators
Background in observability, monitoring, or infrastructure at scale (e.g., Datadog, Honeycomb, or similar)
Benefits
Equity component
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
Astronomer
Astronomer is a data orchestration platform built on Apache Airflow, enabling teams to build, run, and monitor data pipelines at scale.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$377.8MKey Investors
Bain Capital VenturesInsight PartnersSierra Ventures
2025-05-01Series D· $93M
2022-03-23Series C· $213M
2021-01-29Series B· $43.6M
Leadership Team
Pete DeJoy
CEO, Co-Founder
Steven Hillion
VP, Data & ML
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