Software Engineer - Infra & Systems

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®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 800 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io .

About This Role

Software Engineers in our Infrastructure and Systems teams help build and operate the platform underneath Astro — including Astronomer's multi-tenant cloud platform and Astro Private Cloud, our self-hosted distribution for Fortune 500s, financial institutions, and other regulated organizations that run Airflow inside their own private clouds or air-gapped data centers.

The team owns the problems that keep that platform running at scale: provisioning, automation, reliability, security, and observability across Kubernetes, networking, cloud accounts (AWS/GCP/Azure), and CI/CD.

We're looking for a Software Engineer to help build and operate that infrastructure — on our multi-tenant cloud platform, on Astro Private Cloud, or both; your specific team will be determined later in the interview process based on need and fit.

You'll get hands-on experience with Kubernetes, cloud networking, infrastructure-as-code, and production operations from day one — with the guidance of senior engineers as you build toward independent ownership. If you're early in your infrastructure career and want to learn by working on real, production-grade systems, this is the team for you.

This posting covers both Software Engineer I and Software Engineer II — the level you're hired at depends on experience and demonstrated scope.

What You'll Do

• Write, test, and maintain infrastructure code and platform services — from Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Kubernetes manifests/operators, CI/CD pipelines) to backend services in Golang and/or TypeScript — following team standards.
• Participate in code and infrastructure-change reviews, growing your judgment on what "production-ready" looks like.
• Help operate and troubleshoot cloud resources, Kubernetes clusters, networking, and observability tooling — whether they run in a public cloud account or a self-managed/private cloud environment.
• Identify and fix bugs, misconfigurations, and small-scope incidents, with support from senior teammates.
• Maintain runbooks, architecture notes, and technical documentation for the systems you touch.
• Build working knowledge of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and Astronomer's platform architecture across both deployment models.
• Participate in on-call rotation, pairing with senior engineers to troubleshoot and resolve incidents.

What You'll Bring

• 0–4 years of experience in software, platform, or infrastructure engineering (or equivalent internship/coursework for Software Engineer I).
• Working knowledge of Linux fundamentals, networking basics, and at least one scripting/programming language (Python, Go, or Bash).
• Exposure to a major cloud provider ( AWS, GCP, or Azure ) or an on-prem/private Kubernetes environment (e.g., OpenShift, bare-metal clusters). Familiarity with both cloud and on-prem is a plus, but not required.
• Comfortable with version control (Git) and automated testing practices.
• Clear written communication and a habit of documenting your work.
• Comfortable receiving feedback and iterating quickly.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes beyond the basics — e.g., writing operators/controllers, Helm charts, or debugging cluster-level issues.
• Familiarity with container image security fundamentals (e.g., identifying CVEs, minimal base images).
• Familiarity with Apache Airflow or other data-orchestration tools.

The estimated salary for this role ranges from $143,600 - $235,000 based on level and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package. This range is merely an estimate; actual compensation may deviate based on skills, experience, and qualifications.

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