Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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®. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join their Astro Core Services team, focusing on developing core systems that ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and maintainable.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of Astro Platform's architecture and components, with guidance from senior engineers
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user requirements, implement and iterate on features used by the engineering org as a whole
- Work with front end developers, product management and customers to deliver customer facing features such as public facing APIs and UI experiences
- Learn and apply best practices for building reliable, scalable platform software
- Contribute to the overall platform usability, reliability, and scalability
Skills
- An interest in building performant, scalable, and reliable backend systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a collaborative mindset
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Exposure to at least one backend programming language (Go, Python, Java, etc.) through coursework, internships, or personal projects
- Familiarity with SQL databases
- Foundational understanding of distributed systems concepts
- Familiarity with software development best practices, such as code reviews, testing, version control, and debugging
- Experience leveraging AI coding assistants and LLMs (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Gemini) to accelerate development — from prototyping and automated testing to code refactoring and documentation
- Internship or co-op experience in a software engineering role
- Contributions to open source projects
- Experience with Go specifically
- Experience with Apache Airflow or related workflow orchestrators
Benefits
- Equity component
- Comprehensive benefits package
Company Overview
Astronomer is a data orchestration platform built on Apache Airflow, enabling teams to build, run, and monitor data pipelines at scale. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.astronomer.io.Company H1B Sponsorship
Astronomer has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 5 in 2023, 9 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 4 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.